Japan’s Kyodo News says a U.S. Congressional Research Service report will come out soon that states the U.S. recognized only Japan’s administration and not sovereignty over the Senkaku islands.

The Congressional Research Service reportedly has concluded such a report that stresses that Washington does not support Japan’s territorial claims over the islands in the East China Sea which are also claimed by China. The report stated such a position while noting that the U.S. recently included the Senkaku islands in the scope of territories that would be defended under the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty based on a 1972 accord on returning Okinawa to Japanese control from U.S. control.

The 1972 accord stipulates that the U.S. recognized Japan’s administration over the Senkaku islands and this served as the foundation of including the islands in the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.

However, at the time the accord was adopted, then U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers said that the Okinawa reversion accord does not, by any means, affect the legal status of the Senkaku islands.