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Key Facts about Takeshima

 Mar 24, 2026   Admin

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 called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
  • It has also been known as the Liancourt Rocksnamed by French whalers after their ship in 1849.
  • Administrative Control:

  • South Korea currently administers the islets, maintaining small police detachment and facilities.
  • Japan claims sovereignty and considers the issue an unresolved territorial dispute.
  • 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.
  • Major Ports:

  • Russia: Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Nakhodka, Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, and Kholmsk.
  • North Korea: Hamhung, Chongjin, and Wonsan.
  • Japan: Niigata, Tsuruta, and Maizuru.
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