Japan lays claim to Dokdo again in defense white paper
Japan laid claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo again on Tuesday, raising worries that it could deepen diplomatic friction between the two neighboring countries.
Earlier in the day, Japan's defense ministry released a white paper in which it referred to Dokdo along with Kuril Islands as its sovereign territory. This marked the 12th consecutive year that Tokyo claimed sovereignty over the islets in the annual paper.
"The territorial issue over our sovereign territory of the Northern Territories and Takeshima still remains unresolved," the paper said, using the Japanese names for the Kuril Islands and Dokdo.
South Korea immediately voiced its protest with Japan's renewed claim on Dokdo.
Shortly after the release of the white paper, the defense ministry urged Japan "not to repeat such an act" and warned that it would take "stern" measures against any attempt to hurt the country's sovereignty of the islets.
The ministry called in a defense attache from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to lodge a formal protest with Tokyo.
The foreign ministry also issued a statement in which it made it clear that Dokdo is South Korean territory and expressed its strong protest with Japan's "unjust" claim on the islets.
"The Japanese government should stop making such a useless claim on Dokdo immediately, see squarely historical facts and actively work in a way that South Korea-Japan ties can move toward the future based on mutual trust," it added.
Japan's renewed claim on Dokdo is likely to adversely affect relations between South Korea and Japan which had been showing signs of improving after the two sides reached a deal last year to resolve the long-running rift over the sexual slavery of Korean women who were sent to Japanese military brothels during its colonial rule of the peninsula.
In his bilateral talks with South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, which was held on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Laos last week, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida expressed that he was pleased with the improving ties with South Korea, after the landmark deal was reached on Dec. 28. (Yonhap)
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