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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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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Japan FM Kishida talks with U.S. Sec. Of State Kerry

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) at the State Department in Washington on Feb. 7, 2014, after their talks. They agreed to work closely to address the Japan-China territorial issue over uninhabited islets in the East China Sea.

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U.S., China foreign ministers in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (3rd from R) meet in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Clinton urged Yang to alleviate tensions over China's territorial dispute with Japan and resolve the issue through dialogue, a U.S. official said.

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PM Noda at rally for return of Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at an annual rally calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. Noda reiterated Tokyo's basic stance on the issue of resolving the territorial dispute and signing a peace treaty with Russia.

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Hatoyama vows to resolve territorial row with Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses an annual national rally on Northern Territories Day in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2010. Hatoyama expressed his determination to resolve a territorial dispute with Russia, describing settlement of the issue as ''the biggest wish'' of his administration.

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Japan, Russia should resolve territorial row in strategic tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Mori indicated Japan and Russia should explore ways to resolve their longstanding territorial issue in the context of broad bilateral cooperation.

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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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(4)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Shimane Gov. Nobuyoshi Sumita speaks at a press conference March 16 after the Prefectual Assembly adopted a bill designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' Sumita said, ''The Takeshima issue has had less visibility compared with the Northern Territory issue in national policy. I hope the central government will take this opportunity to work actively toward establishing Japanese territorial rights to the island.''

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China calls on U.S. to reflect upon its role in Ukraine crisis

STORY: China calls on U.S. to reflect upon its role in Ukraine crisis DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:47 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "On the Ukraine issue, China has always adopted an unbiased and fair attitude, making its independent judgment based on the merits of the matter itself. China is with the belief that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, and the principles and purposes of the UN Charter should be abided by, and rational security concerns of all parties should be valued, and all efforts conducive to peaceful settlement should be supported. Our position is above board, fair, objective and beyond reproach. In fact, this is also consistent with the position of the vast majority of countries. Certain people in the U.S. have been sp

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Taiwan question differs in nature from Ukraine issue: Chinese FM

STORY: Taiwan question differs in nature from Ukraine issue: Chinese FM DATELINE: March 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday stressed that the Taiwan question differs in nature from the Ukraine issue and the two are not comparable at all. The biggest difference lies in the fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory and the Taiwan question is entirely China's internal affairs while the Ukraine issue arose from contention between two countries, namely Russia and Ukraine, Wang said at a press conference. It is a blatant act of double standards that some people, while being vocal about the principle of sovereignty on the Ukraine issue, have kept undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan question, he said. The current cross-Strait tension was caused by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority who denied the

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Ukraine should be bridge between East, West, not frontline for confrontation: Chinese envoy

STORY: Ukraine should be bridge between East, West, not frontline for confrontation: Chinese envoy DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. photos of Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Song STORYLINE: Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Song said in Geneva on Thursday that Ukraine should become a bridge between the East and the West, not a frontline for confrontation between major countries. The situation in Ukraine is rapidly evolving and China has been paying close attention to the developments, Li said when briefing a plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament on China's position. The current situation in Ukraine is not in the interest of any party, he said, adding that China always forms its own position according to the merits of the matter at hand, and China's basic position on the Ukraine issue is consistent and unequivocal. "We always believe that all countries' sovereignty and territorial integrity

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GLOBALink | U.S. not qualified to tell China what to do on respecting national sovereignty: FM spokesperson

The United States is not qualified to tell China what to do on the issue of respecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying in response to U.S. State Department spokesperson's remarks on Ukraine. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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(4)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Shimane Gov. Nobuyoshi Sumita speaks at a press conference March 16 after the Prefectual Assembly adopted a bill designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' Sumita said, ''The Takeshima issue has had less visibility compared with the Northern Territory issue in national policy. I hope the central government will take this opportunity to work actively toward establishing Japanese territorial rights to the island.'' (Kyodo)

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Japan, Russia should resolve territorial row in strategic tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Mori indicated Japan and Russia should explore ways to resolve their longstanding territorial issue in the context of broad bilateral cooperation. (Kyodo)

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1977, Japan.

The 1977 compilation of the Japan-Soviet 200 nautical mile problem. Children chase supercars. Mt. Usu eruption. Suguru Egawa refuses to join the Crown. Illustrations of a map of the 200 nautical mile area, a fishing boat in the sea, a Soviet ship, a meeting of party leaders, an illustration of a map of the four northern islands, a Japan-Soviet fishery agreement being exchanged, housewives arranging for food to be shipped directly from its place of origin, a pawn shop thriving, a supercar display event, happy children, a tardiness chart imitating a timetable, a long A long telephone receiver, a housewife using a gas stove for toilet gas, the eruption of Mount Usu, volcanic ash falling on the city, a home run by Oh, pitching by Taku Egawa, six Japanese Army personnel allowed to leave prison after the Japan Airlines hijacking incident, people resisting the Narita Airport issue and the Sanrizuka struggle. date unknown Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 23, 1977.

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Prime Minister Visits Northern Territories

This is the first visit by Prime Minister Suzuki Zenko as an incumbent. The territorial issue remains in a severe state. 　 The Sea of Okhotsk, Prime Minister Suzuki Zenko on his inspection tour, being welcomed by local residents, Prime Minister Suzuki Zenko and others involved in the campaign for the return of the Northern Territories, Russian and Japanese patrol vessels in the straits, discussions between the government and local fishermen, kelp fishing, and an actor presenting his own song at a lecture by the Liberal Democratic Party, wishing for the return of the Northern Territories. The film was shot on an unknown date. Date of shooting unknown, Release date: September 25, 1981.

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China justifies coast guard's entry into Japan's territorial waters

BEIJING, Feb. 8 Kyodo - China on Monday justified the entry of its coast guard vessels into Japan's territorial waters near the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, saying they are the country's inherent territory. Last Monday, China put into effect the controversial legislation that allows its coast guard to use weapons against foreign ships that it sees as illegally entering its waters, sparking fears that Japanese vessels navigating around the Senkakus would be targeted. Tokyo lodged a protest with Beijing through multiple diplomatic channels on Saturday, after Chinese coast guard ships intruded into Japan's territorial waters near the Senkakus, called Diaoyu in China, for the first time since the new law took effect. Sino-Japanese relations have been often frayed by the territorial issue.

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Japan's U.N. envoy airs concern over S. China Sea rows

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho voices deep concern on July 1, 2016, about territorial spats between China and other countries during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York, and said the U.N. Security Council will take up the issue if requested. Japan assumed the presidency of the 15-member council for July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Putin says compromise with Japan is possible over territories

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to reporters in Moscow on April 14, 2016. Putin said he believes it will become possible someday for a compromise to be reached with Japan over a bilateral territorial issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Putin says compromise with Japan is possible over territories

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to reporters in Moscow on April 14, 2016. Putin said he believes it will become possible someday for a compromise to be reached with Japan over a bilateral territorial issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Local community asks Japan gov't to solve territorial dispute

Aiko Shimajiri (C), Japan's minister in charge of territorial issues, receives a written request in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016, from Kazuhisa Matsuda, the mayor of Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima-cho, urging the government to solve the issue of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. Tokyo claims the islets, called Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo in Korean, as part of Shimane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese, Philippine foreign chiefs meet in Manila

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with his Philippine counterpart Albert del Rosario ahead of their talks in Manila on Nov. 10, 2015, held as part of preparations for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum beginning Nov. 18 in the Philippine capital. The two foreign ministers were also expected to take up a bilateral territorial dispute in the South China Sea following a recent decision by an international tribunal in the Netherlands that it has jurisdiction in an arbitration case filed by Manila against Beijing over the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia hold territorial talks

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama meets with reporters on Oct. 8, 2015, at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, following talks with his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov over the bilateral territorial issue. While agreeing to continue the vice-ministerial level talks, the two sides made no further progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior diplomats of Japan, Russia discuss territorial issue

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (R) shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov in Moscow on Oct. 8, 2015. They discussed a bilateral territorial issue concerning the Russian-held islands off northern Japan in the first vice ministerial-level meeting since January 2014, but made no progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, Vietnam defense officials meet in Singapore

Chinese Adm. Sun Jianguo (far R), deputy chief of the General Staff Department of the People's Liberation Army, meets with Vietnam's defense officials on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on May 29, 2015. Sun said certain nations are making a fuss about the South China Sea territorial issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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

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. (Kyodo)

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PM Noda at rally for return of Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at an annual rally calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. Noda reiterated Tokyo's basic stance on the issue of resolving the territorial dispute and signing a peace treaty with Russia. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama vows to resolve territorial row with Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses an annual national rally on Northern Territories Day in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2010. Hatoyama expressed his determination to resolve a territorial dispute with Russia, describing settlement of the issue as ''the biggest wish'' of his administration. (Kyodo)

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Taiwanese protesters mark Japan's defeat in WWII

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese pro-unification group stages a protest against Japan over a rise in militarism and a territorial issue on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Taipei. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kishida calls for peaceful resolution of S. China Sea disputes

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on July 25, 2016, in the Laotian capital Vientiane. Kishida urged the Philippines and other nations embroiled in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea to peacefully resolve the issue, and reiterated Japan's view that a recent international tribunal ruling denying China's claim over the contested waters is legally binding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Kishida calls for peaceful resolution of S. China Sea disputes

Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attend a meeting on July 25, 2016, in the Laotian capital Vientiane. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida urged the Philippines and other nations embroiled in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea to peacefully resolve the issue, and reiterated Japan's view that a recent international tribunal ruling denying China's claim over the contested waters is legally binding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo