Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Shoza Yawata, 84, shows materials he has collected regarding the ownership of a group of islets in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima by Japan and Dokdo by South Korea, in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2013. Yawata's father and brother were among 11 men who became the last Japanese to travel to Takeshima to harvest seaweed in May 1954, one month before South Korea started stationing security personnel on the islets.

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