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TAKESHIMA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2017
Japanese interest in Senkaku and Takeshima disputes waning, surveys show
Public interest in Japan's drawn-out territorial disputes in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea is declining, surveys show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2017
Japan protests Seoul's plan to beef up disputed islets with new military unit
Japan has lodged a protest with South Korea over its reported plan to create a new military unit to defend the Seoul-controlled, Tokyo-claimed islets of Takeshima in the Sea of Japan, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2017
Seoul daily reports 96 Japanese have visited contested islets since 2005
Ninety-six Japanese have visited a pair of South Korea-controlled, Japan-claimed islets in the Sea of Japan over the last 12 years, a Seoul daily reported Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
Matsue mayor to visit sister city in South Korea for first time in 10 years
The mayor of Matsue will visit the city's sister city in South Korea for the first time in nearly a decade to resume exchanges that were interrupted due to a territorial dispute over a pair of islets, the Japanese city said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
South Korea protests Japan's claim to islets, summons diplomats
South Korea on Tuesday lodged a strong protest after Japan reiterated its claim to sovereignty over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in its annual defense report, summoning a Japanese defense attache and minister.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2017
Seoul slams Tokyo's claim over Takeshima islets in diplomatic bluebook
South Korea on Tuesday protested Japan's fresh claim to sovereignty over a pair of rocky islets in the Sea of Japan, which have been under South Korean control for decades, and called on it to "immediately cease its futile attempt."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017
Japan to stake claim to 148 inhabited isles, register 273 others as state-owned property
Japan registers 273 uninhabited islands as national property to clarify its claims to territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2017
Seoul protests new teachings on disputed islets in Japan's new education guidelines
South Korea on Friday lodged a formal protest regarding a reference in Japan's latest education guidelines to a territorial claim on a pair of disputed islets controlled by Seoul in the Sea of Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2017
Tokyo protests South Korean plan to conduct military drills near disputed islets
Japan has lodged a protest with South Korea over its reported plan to conduct a military drill around a pair of Seoul-controlled, Tokyo-claimed islets in the Sea of Japan, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2017
South Korea conducted maritime surveys near disputed islets in 2016
South Korea conducted maritime surveys last year near a group of islets at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan for the first time in a decade, a Japan Coast Guard official said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 6, 2017
Let's discuss changes to education in Japan
The education ministry will lay out new school curriculum guidelines that urge elementary and junior high schools to teach students that the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets are 'integral parts of Japanese territory.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2017
South Korea video renaming Sea of Japan fuels tension
Japan has lodged a protest with South Korea over an online video promoting the use of the name “East Sea” to describe the Sea of Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2017
South Korea protests Japan's isle claim in school curriculum guidelines
Seoul has formally protested Japan's claims over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets, after the education ministry unveiled curriculum guidelines that for the first time urge elementary and junior high schools to teach students the islets are "integral parts of Japanese territory."
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2017
New education ministry guidelines to urge schools to teach that Senkakus, Takeshima belong to Japan
The education ministry is set lay out new curriculum guidelines that bind schools to teach young students the disputed Senkaku and Takeshima islets are “integral parts of Japanese territory.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
South Korean provincial governor visits disputed islets
Drawing protest from Tokyo, the governor of a South Korean province visited a pair of disputed islets claimed by Japan on Wednesday, according to his Facebook page.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2017
Japan objects to use of South Korean name for disputed Takeshima isles on 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics' website
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says it is "unacceptable" that the official website for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics refers to disputed Sea of Japan isles under the South Korean name of "Dokdo."
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017
Japan protests South Korean politicians' plan to erect statue on disputed islets
Japan has filed a protest with South Korea over a plan to place a "comfort women" memorial statue on disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2016
South Korea to hold military exercise on disputed Takeshima islets next week
South Korea plans to hold military exercises next week on and around a pair of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, citing an unidentified South Korean government source.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2016
Seoul to post marines near Japan-claimed Takeshima
South Korea's Marine Corps Command plans to station a combat unit on the eastern island of Ulleung from 2018 in a bid to help deal with North Korea's military threats, the military command said in a report to parliament on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2016
Central Tokyo eyed for permanent exhibit on Japanese territorial issues
The government is considering setting up an exhibit in central Tokyo from next year to raise awareness of Japan's stance on territorial issues with South Korea, China and Russia, a government source said Sunday.

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