Japan has told South Korea it will attempt to measure radioactive waste levels from late August to early September in waters near a pair of disputed islets controlled by the South in the Sea of Japan, a Foreign Ministry source in Tokyo said Wednesday.
Tokyo informed Seoul about its survey plans in line with its earlier proposal -- rejected by South Korea -- that the two sides give each other advance notice before conducting marine surveys near the islets, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, where the two countries' claims to exclusive economic zones overlap.
While informing South Korea through diplomatic channels, Japan also sought cooperation from Seoul on the survey, the source said.