Takeshima

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South Korea recently protested a Japanese government-backed “Takeshima Day” event, calling it an unjust assertion of sovereignty over disputed islands also claimed by Japan.

About Takeshima

• It is a group of small islets situated in the middle of the Sea of Japan.
• It is lying almost equidistant between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
• It is called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
• It has also been known as the Liancourt Rocks, named by French whalers after their ship in 1849.
• The islands themselves consist of two main islands and about 30 smaller rocks.
• Administrative Control:
  • South Korea currently administers the islets, maintaining a small police detachment and facilities.
  • Japan claims sovereignty and considers the issue an unresolved territorial dispute.

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Key Facts about the Sea of Japan 

• The Sea of Japan, or East Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean.
• It is bound by Japan and Sakhalin to the east and by mainland Russia, North Korea, and South Korea to the west.
• Connections:
  • It is connected with the East China Sea via the Tsushima and Korea straits and with the Okhotsk Sea in the north by the La Perouse and Tatar straits.
  • In the east, it is connected with the Inland Sea of Japan via the Kanmon Strait and the Pacific Ocean by the Tsugaru Strait.
• Dohoku Seamount, an underwater volcano, is its deepest point.
• Tides: Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean. 
• Major Ports:
  • Russia: Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Nakhodka, Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, and Kholmsk. 
  • North Korea: Hamhung, Chongjin, and Wonsan.
  • Japan: Niigata, Tsuruta, and Maizuru.

Source: FP