Moreover, the dispute over the Takeshima islands has undermined efforts to expand Japanese-South Korean security cooperation.
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Multiple historical documents confirm that Japan had established sovereignty over Takeshima at least by the mid-17th century.
In light of the historical facts and based upon international law, Takeshima is an integral and inherent part of Japanese territory.
The islands are called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
Tokyo is also involved in a separate dispute with Seoul over islands known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
Please keep in mind these points in your future reporting concerning Takeshima.
Japan has often displayed a tin ear to South Korean sensitivities over the island, which it calls Takeshima, having acquired it in the process of annexing Korea.
On August 21st, Japan officially presented the Republic of Korea with a diplomatic proposal to institute proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the dispute over the sovereignty of Takeshima.
Called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan, the island is claimed by both countries as their territory, and the dispute has strained relations more than ever over the past couple of months.
So Dokdo, occupied by South Korea, is claimed by Japan, which calls it Takeshima. (Koreans denigrate the claim, pointing out that the island has no take, or bamboo, at all.) Island disputes with China and Russia also fester.
After the second world war, in the process of drafting the San Francisco peace treaty, the Republic of Korea requested that Takeshima be included among the territories Japan should renounce, but this was rejected by the United States, and the treaty was signed in 1951.
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