Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu delivered a greeting emphasizing cooperation between the two countries through a video message sent to the U.S.-Japanese businesspeople meeting that began on October 27 last year. yunhap news
Gyeongsangbuk-do issued a statement condemning Japanese foreign minister’s claim of Dokdo territory. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu (茂木敏充) of Japan insisted in his diplomatic speech at the National Assembly on the 18th that “Dokdo is Japan’s own territory even in the light of historical facts”. The Japanese Foreign Minister’s remarks on Dokdo have been repeated for the eighth year since 2014.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi “Historical and International Law (Dokdo) is a territory unique to Japan”
On the 19th, Gyeongsangbuk-do announced a condemnation statement in the name of Gyeongbuk-do Governor Lee Cheol-woo, saying, “The Japanese government should immediately stop and apologize for the repeated claims of Dokdo every year.”
Gyeongbuk Province Governor Lee Cheol-woo. News 1
Governor Lee said in a statement, “As a provincial governor who has jurisdiction over Dokdo, as a provincial governor who has jurisdiction over Dokdo, as a provincial governor of Dokdo, as a provincial governor of Dokdo, as a provincial governor, he said, I declare that I will face it.” He then emphasized that “Japan, who persistently and subtly devises historical distortion and cannot abandon the ambition of invading Dokdo, urges to participate in the maintenance of international order and world peace by genuinely apologizing for the past aggression and stopping provocations.” .
Issuance of Dokdo stamps for the 120th anniversary of the publication of the Edict 41 of the Korean Empire. yunhap news
Dokdo is Dokdo-ri, Ulleung-eup, Ulleung-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. For this reason, when the Japanese government asserts its sovereignty over Dokdo, Gyeongsangbuk-do is actively protesting against it.
According to Gyeongsangbuk-do, the defense white paper reported by the Japanese Ministry of Defense to the State Council stated that “the territorial issues of the northern territories (four islands of the Kuril Islands) and Dokdo, which are Japanese native territories, are still unresolved.” Dokdo is included in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and Dokdo is marked as its own airspace on the map of the neighboring countries’ Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). It was the 16th year from 2005 to last year that Japan’s defense white paper alleged Dokdo as its own territory.
Gyeongbuk-do has consistently issued Dokdo Honorary Resident Cards to strengthen its sovereignty. As of October last year, the number of honorary residents of Dokdo reached 60,000. It has been 10 years since the issuance of the Dokdo Honorary Resident Card (beginning in November 2010). The issuance of a Dokdo resident card, which means that he has become an honorary resident of Dokdo, can be applied by domestic and foreign visitors who have landed on Dokdo or made a trip to Dokdo more than once by boat.
Andong = Reporter Yunho Kim
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