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TAKESHIMA

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
How two small rocks stop Japan and South Korea from getting along
They were once a source of fortune for Japanese fishermen hunting sea lions and abalone, but now the pair of remote rocks in the Sea of Japan are preventing Japan and South Korea from getting along.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
Barren rocks fuel South Korean passions in islet spat with Japan
Holding a notepad full of questions, 15-year-old Ko Yu-jeong rushes up to a South Korean diplomat after his speech, asking how she can better argue the case for her country's control of a set of islets also claimed by Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2014
S. Korea plans live-fire drill near Takeshima
Seoul tells Tokyo that a maritime 'firing drill' will be held near two disputed rocks it controls even though the firing zone overlaps an area claimed by Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2013
Bad feelings dominate Japan-South Korea public sentiment
Nearly 80 percent of South Koreans have a negative impression of Japan, while about 40 percent of Japanese have an unfavorable image of South Korea, according to the results of a bilateral poll released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2013
Takeshima ceremony to draw 18 lawmakers
Shimane Prefecture's annual ceremony Friday to commemorate Japan's 1905 annexation of Takeshima will draw at least 18 Diet members, but so far no one in the Cabinet has signaled plans to participate in the event, the prefecture said Monday.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
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