For 14th straight year, Japan repeats false claim to S. Korea's Dokdo Island
- 6 years ago
Japan has once again laid false claims to South Korea's easternmost island of Dokdo.
The Cabinet in Tokyo adopted its annual defense white paper on Tuesday, which wrongly says that Japan has unresolved territorial issues involving the so-called "Northern Territories"... and Korea's Dokdo, which it calls by the name Takeshima.
Japan has been making the claim since 2005.
Seoul's defense ministry strongly appealed against the statement and urged Japan to immediately correct the phrase and stop such claims.
Seoul's foreign ministry called in the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Japanese Embassy, Koichi Mizushima, to lodge a formal complaint.
The Cabinet in Tokyo adopted its annual defense white paper on Tuesday, which wrongly says that Japan has unresolved territorial issues involving the so-called "Northern Territories"... and Korea's Dokdo, which it calls by the name Takeshima.
Japan has been making the claim since 2005.
Seoul's defense ministry strongly appealed against the statement and urged Japan to immediately correct the phrase and stop such claims.
Seoul's foreign ministry called in the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Japanese Embassy, Koichi Mizushima, to lodge a formal complaint.