{"id":89399,"date":"2026-02-23T13:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=89399"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:21:45","slug":"takeshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/takeshima\/","title":{"rendered":"Takeshima"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Takeshima Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea recently protested a Japanese government-backed \u201cTakeshima Day\u201d event, calling it an unjust assertion of sovereignty over disputed islands also claimed by Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Takeshima<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a group of small islets situated in the middle of the<\/span><b> Sea of Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is lying almost<\/span><b> equidistant between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> called Dokdo in South Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Takeshima in Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been <\/span><b>known as the Liancourt Rocks, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">named by French whalers after their ship in 1849.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The islands themselves consist of <\/span><b>two main islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and about 30 smaller rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Administrative Control:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>South Korea c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">urrently <\/span><b>administers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the islets, <\/span><b>maintaining <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>small police detachment and facilities.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Japan claims sovereignty <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and considers the issue an unresolved <\/span><b>territorial dispute.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about the Sea of Japan\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sea of Japan, or <\/span><b>East Sea,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bound by Japan and Sakhalin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east and by <\/span><b>mainland Russia, North Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>South Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Connections:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is connected with the <\/span><b>East China Sea via the Tsushima and Korea straits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and with the <\/span><b>Okhotsk Sea <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the north <\/span><b>by the La Perouse and Tatar straits.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the east, it is connected with the Inland <\/span><b>Sea of Japan via the Kanmon Strait <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean by the Tsugaru Strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dohoku Seamount<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an <\/span><b>underwater volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is its <\/span><b>deepest point.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has <\/span><b>almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Ports:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia: Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Nakhodka, Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, and Kholmsk.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea: Hamhung, Chongjin, and Wonsan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan: Niigata, Tsuruta, and Maizuru.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/south-korea-protests-japans-takeshima-day-event-over-disputed-islands-13982492.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takeshima is a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan, at 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