Aging islanders long for Takeshima's return

Feb 23, 2013

Aging islanders long for Takeshima's return

by Satoshi Iizuka

With Friday the day that Japan commemorates incorporating Takeshima, a group of rocky Sea of Japan islets now controlled by South Korea, the aging residents of nearby islands have not given up hope that the disputed outcroppings may one day be returned to Japan.

Jan 25, 2013

Cabinet will skip 'Takeshima Day'

No Cabinet minister is expected to attend a ceremony in Shimane in February to commemorate the day the Takeshima Islands, now held by South Korea, were incorporated as part of Japan in 1905 in the prelude to Japan’s takeover of the Korean Peninsula, Senior ...