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Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Yumiko Sugihara, 69, holds a picture book she has completed in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2013. The book tells the story of infant sea lions that were hunted near Takeshima, a group of islets in the Sea of Japan now controlled by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo.

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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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Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2013, shows Katsumi Iwataki (L), 88, and Wahei Hara, 94, in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture. Iwataki and Hara are among the very few Japanese people still alive who have visited Takeshima, a group of islets in the Sea of Japan now controlled by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo.

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S. Korea's Park up before IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - South Korean soccer player Park Jong Woo heads for a disciplinary hearing by the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 11, 2013. The IOC held the hearing for Woo, who stirred controversy at the 2012 London Olympics by raising a banner in the bronze-medal match against Japan proclaiming his country's sovereignty over the Sea of Japan islets known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo by Koreans.

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Japanese survey ship joins Japan-S. Korea radioactivity survey

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard survey ship Kaiyo heads out to sea from Moji port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on Sept. 11 to take part in a joint Japan-South Korea radioactivity survey mission in the southwestern region of the Sea of Japan, including waters close to the disputed Takeshima island, or Dokdo in Korean. The mission, which will last until Sept. 18, is intended to study possible impact of radioactive wastes dumped by the former Soviet Union and Russia.

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Takeshima meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Cross-party Japanese lawmakers and officials and fishermen from Shimane Prefecture hold a meeting in Tokyo on June 5, 2014, aiming for the swift resolution of the territorial issue over the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Takeshima meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, speaks at a meeting of cross-party Japanese lawmakers and officials and fishermen from Shimane Prefecture in Tokyo on June 5, 2014, aiming for the swift resolution of the territorial issue over the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Shimane Pref.'s reference room on disputed Takeshima

OSAKA, Japan - Maps and other exhibits are shown in a reference room on the disputed Takeshima islets in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Feb. 22, 2014. The islets in the Sea of Japan are under the effective control of South Korea, where they are known as Dokdo.

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S. Korea lodges protest with Japan over Takeshima Day ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - Hisashi Michigami, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2014. The Foreign Ministry lodged a protest with Michigami over a ceremony held Feb. 22 in Matsue, the capital of the western Japan prefecture of Shimane, to commemorate the Japanese "incorporation" in 1905 of islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. The local government designated Feb. 22 as Takeshima Day in 2005.

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Anti-Japan rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - People hold an anti-Japan rally in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2014, to protest against the Takeshima Day ceremony held in Japan the same day. The ceremony was held in the Japanese city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets know as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. They demanded Japan stop claiming the islets.

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Anti-Japan rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - People hold an anti-Japan rally in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2014, to protest against the Takeshima Day ceremony held in Japan the same day. The ceremony was held in the Japanese city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets know as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. They demanded Japan stop claiming the islets.

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Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - A ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014, to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, attended the ceremony to represent the government.

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S. Korean people protest against Takeshima Day ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - Some 100 protesters, including children, gather in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2014, to protest against the Takeshima Day ceremony held in Japan the same day. The ceremony was held in the Japanese city of Matsue to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. They demand Japan stop claiming the islets.

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Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, delivers a speech at the Takeshima Day ceremony in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014. The ceremony was held to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Book on Takeshima

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows a book intended to provide expositions on the South Korean-controlled islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, written in the style of 100 questions and 100 answers. Shimane Prefecture published the book on Feb. 14, 2014, before "Takeshima Day" on Feb. 22. Japan claims that the islands are part of the prefecture.

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Island demonstration in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean elementary school children take part in a demonstration, organized by a civic group, to mark "Dokdo Day" in Seoul on Oct. 25, 2013. South Korea calls a group of islets in the Sea of Japan Dokdo; Japan also claims the islets it calls Takeshima.

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S. Korea lodges protest with Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 9, 2013. The ministry called in Kurai to deliver a protest against Japan for describing South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, as Japanese territory in the Defense White Paper for 2013 released earlier in the day.

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S. Korea lodges protest with Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai (C), deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, leaves the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 9, 2013. The ministry called in Kurai to deliver a protest against Japan for describing South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, as Japanese territory in the Defense White Paper for 2013 released earlier in the day.

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S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the foreign ministry in Seoul on April 5, 2013. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest against Japan's renewed claim, in an annual foreign policy report, to a pair of South Korean-held islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

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New textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkakus as Japan's

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, leaves the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 26, 2013, after being summoned. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest over Japan's approval of high school textbooks containing its territorial claim over islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in Korean.

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'Takeshima Day' ceremony in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Aiko Shimajiri, a parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, gives a speech at the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony in the Shimane Prefecture city of Matsue on Feb. 22, 2013. Her presence at the ceremony marked the first time anyone from one of the top three posts in a government ministry has attended the event to commemorate the incorporation of the islands, collectively known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, as Japanese territory.

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Seoul protests Japan ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a South Korean foreign ministry spokesman, releases a statement in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2013, protesting the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony held in Japan the same day to promote its claim to islets situated about halfway between the two countries in the Sea of Japan. South Korea controls the islets and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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Seoul protests Japan ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, leaves the South Korean foreign ministry on Feb. 22, 2013, after being summoned by Park Jun Yong, director general of Northeast Asian affairs in the ministry, to lodge a protest against the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony held in Japan the same day to promote its claim to islets situated about halfway between the two countries in the Sea of Japan. South Korea controls the islets and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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Seoul protests Japan ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans protest the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony held in Japan to promote its claim to islets situated about halfway between the two countries in the Sea of Japan, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2013. South Korea controls the islets and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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'Takeshima Day' ceremony in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Aiko Shimajiri (L), a parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, gives a speech at the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony in the Shimane Prefecture city of Matsue on Feb. 22, 2013. Her presence at the ceremony marked the first time anyone from one of the top three posts in a government ministry has attended the event to commemorate the incorporation of the islands, collectively known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, as Japanese territory.

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'Takeshima Day' ceremony in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Shimane Gov. Zembee Mizoguchi (L) gives a speech at the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony in the Shimane Prefecture city of Matsue on Feb. 22, 2013. Aiko Shimajiri (far R), a parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, attended the ceremony, marking the first time anyone from one of the top three posts in a government ministry has attended the event to commemorate the incorporation of the islands, collectively known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, as Japanese territory.

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'Takeshima Day' ceremony in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Aiko Shimajiri (C), a parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, gives a speech at the ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony in the Shimane Prefecture city of Matsue on Feb. 22, 2013. Her presence at the ceremony marked the first time anyone from one of the top three posts in a government ministry has attended the event to commemorate the incorporation of the islands, collectively known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, as Japanese territory.

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Takeshima Day event in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - A ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2013, marking "Takeshima Day." South Korea controls the pair of islets in the Sea of Japan and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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Takeshima Day protest in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2013, rally against an event to be held later in the day in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, known as "Takeshima Day." Japan claims two islands in the Sea of Japan, which it calls Takeshima and considers part of Shimane Prefecture, but the islands are controlled by South Korea, where they are known as Dokdo.

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Takeshima Day event in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Protesters hold a South Korean flag near the venue in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2013, of a ceremony marking "Takeshima Day." South Korea controls the pair of islets in the Sea of Japan and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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Takeshima Day protest in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2013, rally against an event to be held later in the day in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, known as "Takeshima Day." Japan claims two islands in the Sea of Japan, which it calls Takeshima and considers part of Shimane Prefecture, but the islands are controlled by South Korea, where they are known as Dokdo.

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Takeshima ceremony in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Police officers control traffic near the venue in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2013, of an event to be held later in the day marking the prefectural government's "Takeshima Day." South Korea controls the pair of islets in the Sea of Japan and calls them Dokdo. Japan claims the islands, which it calls Takeshima, are part of Shimane Prefecture.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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S. Korea responds to Noda's remarks on territorial dispute

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a spokesman for South Korea's foreign ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 24, 2012. He made a comment on Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's remarks on a territorial dispute over a small group of sparsely inhabited islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's lower house adopts a resolution Aug. 24, 2012, criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda returns to his seat in the House of Representatives on Aug. 24, 2012, after the adoption of a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's lower house adopts a resolution Aug. 24, 2012, in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in the House of Representatives after the adoption of a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012. Japan's lower house adopted later in the day a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor, as well as a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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S. Korean protesters claim sovereignty over disputed islets

SEOUL, Japan - Members of a civic group stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2012, claiming sovereignty over the South Korean-held islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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S. Korean protesters claim sovereignty over disputed islets

SEOUL, Japan - Members of a civic group stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2012, claiming sovereignty over the South Korean-held islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, to deliver Japan's formal proposal for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, is surrounded by reporters at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, after delivering Japan's formal proposal to the ministry for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Takeshima row

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters rush to South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (R) as he was leaving the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba had a meeting with the envoy on a bilateral territorial row over a group of islets in the Sea of Japan. The disputed territory is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (R) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Seoul on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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S. Korean President Lee visits disputed islets

TOKYO, Japan - A small group of people, including one holding Japan's national flag, protest in front of the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2012, after South Korean President Lee Myung Bak visited disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto departs from Seoul's Kimpo airport for Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto is surrounded by reporters before leaving Seoul's Kimpo airport for Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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S. Korean President Lee visits disputed islets

TOKYO, Japan - People at an electric appliance store in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2012, watch television news reports on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.