Japan's Shimane marks annual "Takeshima Day"

Japan's Shimane marks annual "Takeshima Day"

Police officers stand guard on Feb. 22, 2016, near the venue of the 11th annual "Takeshima Day" ceremony to be held by the Shimane government in the prefectural capital of Matsue later in the day. The ceremony is to call for a resolution of the territorial issue between Japan and South Korea over a group of islets off the prefecture, which Seoul administers and calls Dokdo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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