As Shimane Prefecture in Japan has requested the attendance of a cabinet minister at next year's "Takeshima Day" event (Takeshima is the name Japan ...

Tokyo has rescinded a plan to allow South Korean military jets to refuel at a base in Okinawa after learning the aircraft had ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] Japan's event claiming Dokdo as their territory, called 'Takeshima Day' (竹島, the name Japan uses for Dokdo), has been held for the 18th consecutive year. Japan ...

Dokdo, or Takeshima in Japanese, is a small group of rocky islets that lie in between South Korea and Japan. Although South Korea has been deploying its own Coast Guard members to the islets since ...

South Korea and Japan share an at times volatile post-war relationship. The dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets remains a significant point of contention in the strained South Korea–Japan ...

During the recent APEC Summit in Russia, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda faced each other amidst tension over the Dokdo/Takeshima Islets in the Sea of ...

Unification and South Korean national flags are displayed at a souvenir shop at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea (Jan. 18, 2018). Credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young ...

Tokyo’s new National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty opened this year, a permanent collection of historical documents highlighting Japan’s official territorial claim over the Diaoyu/Senkaku and ...

Early Friday morning, South Korea and China issued condemnations of new Japanese textbooks that claim islands disputed with both countries as part of Japanese territory. According to Reuters, new ...

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A famous South Korean rock singer is just hours away from swimming into the diplomatic row over a small group of rocky islets in the East Sea, or the Sea of Japan. Kim Jang-hoon is among dozens of ...