During the Meiji period, katsuobushi also started being produced in Uotsurijima Island, of the Senkaku Islands, and in the South Sea Islands (which were then Japanese territories as mandated by the League of Nations).
明治以降、尖閣諸島の魚釣島や日本が国際連盟の委任統治領としていた南洋諸島（南太平洋の島々）でも製造されるようになった。