A recent Chosun Ilbo article by a university professor in Japan backs South Korea's claims to Takeshima. Historian Masao Shimojo analyzes the historical facts.
The South Korean government and civic group VANK closely align on Takeshima and other "history" issues as they use cyber "diplomacy" to try to change history.
The government should not look away from the current situation in which Japan's sovereignty over Takeshima continues to be violated by South Korea.
The annual Takeshima Day remains a prefectural event. In fact, no cabinet ministers have ever attended the annual ceremony in Matsue.
A trove of official Japanese and American postwar maps provides overwhelming evidence that Takeshima has historically been recognized as Japanese territory.
Japan’s reluctance to take substantive countermeasures to stop these incursions seems only to encourage Seoul’s illegal maritime buildup.
A Japan Coast Guard official noted, “This behavior seems to contradict their professed desire for an improvement in Japan-South Korea ties.”
Shunji Hiraiwa, PhD, of Nanzan University’s Asian and Pacific Studies Center warns China and Russia are waiting for Japan and South Korea to bungle the issue.
Kenji Fujii, research advisor for the Takeshima issue in Shimane Prefecture, presents fresh research showing the US rejected South Korea’s request under the San Francisco Treaty.
Moon Jae In could not resist the opportunity of one more cheap ploy to push his false claims to Japan’s Takeshima Islands before leaving office.
South Korea likes to blame Japan for many of the bilateral problems that face the two countries, but first it needs to acknowledge its own harmful...
At the Takeshima Archive in Matsue City, student commentators talk to visitors about the Takeshima, a group of islands in Shimane Prefecture, still illegally occupied by...
