Japan gov't sends official to "Takeshima Day" event

Yasuyuki Sakai, parliamentary secretary of Japan's Cabinet Office, makes a speech in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2016, at the 11th "Takeshima Day" ceremony to highlight the country's sovereignty claims over a group of South Korean-administered islets. Tokyo claims the islets, called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, as part of Shimane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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