S. Korean scholar says Japan's 1905 annexation of islets imperialism

S. Korean scholar says Japan's 1905 annexation of islets imperialism

MATSUE, Japan - Choi Jang Geun (R), a full-time lecturer at South Korea's Daegu University, and Masao Shimojo, professor at Takushoku University in Tokyo, debate the territorial issue over a rocky islet chain in the Sea of Japan at a panel discussion organized by the the Shimane prefectural government in Matsue on July 25.

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