Takeshima - Shimane Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture, which technically has jurisdiction over the Takeshima islets in Japan, has published a pamphlet explaining why it thinks they are Japanese territory. Rather than being a cut-and-paste job by some local government employees, the pamphlet was written with the input of scholars from around the country and specialists with the national government. I translated the English version.
You can read it in .pdf form at this site.
Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
Here is an analysis of Japan’s unrealistic demands for Takeshima (Dokdo)
Click this link.
http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/dokdo-shimane-case.html
Japan’s claim for Takeshima is an outdated colonial~expansionist era relic…
Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
so is you
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at
The arguments in the site (www.dokdo-takeshima.com) have already been refuted in other sites. Keywords are “toadface dokdo takeshima”.
For someone really want to study the issue in detail:
http://dokdo-or-takeshima.blogspot.com/
Thursday, January 31, 2008 at
Refuted?
Hardly.
Thursday, January 31, 2008 at
The Liancourt Rocks were at best terra nullius before Japan incorporated it in 1905. There’s no credible evidence on the side of the Koreans that they even knew of the rocks before then. It doesn’t matter whether Japan claimed the island out of imperial ambitions, with the desire to take a cr*p there or whatever. Your insistence on the immorality of motive takes you nowhere.
Accusing modern Japan of having imperial ambitions is just ridiculous. Wake up to the 21st century, dude.
Friday, February 1, 2008 at
Peace, it’s not an issue of morality but rather legality.
International law (ie Max Huber’s precedents) clearly states newly acquired territories be a part of a natural peaceful process. Military annexations during the largest war to the day (Russo~Japanese War) do not fall into this category. This one point shows flaws in Japan’s incorporation of 1905.
You are wrong on another point. There is credible evidence the Koreans knew of Liancourt Rocks before Japan incorporated them. They are from the Japanese themselves.
The first source is the Japanese Black Dragon Fishing manuals. The 1901 editions clearly states “Koreans and Japanese fishermen call these rocks Yangkodo” This information was compiled from the fishing season prior. Thus, we know Koreans were cognizant of Liancourt at least five years before the annexation of the island.
See this doc.
http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/1901-black-dragon-10.jpg
On this page.
http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/dokdo-20cent.html
Another source (not surprisingly) is from the logbooks of the Japanese warship Niitaka in 1904 again before the Japanese annexed Liancourt Rocks. It states “Koreans call this island Dokdo and Japanese fishermen call them Yangkodo..”
See this doc.
http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/niitakadoc2.jpg
In 1905 Japan claimed Liancourt Rocks under the legal doctrine of “occupation” In reality those Japanese who fished on Liancourt Rocks did so from Korea’s Ulleungdo Island NOT from Japan itself. Japanese were forbidden to live on Korean land at this point, especially Ulleungdo. There really was no “occupation” of Liancourt at all on behalf of Japan.
Terra nullius? This legal term means little if anything in the modern world. In fact the legal term wasn’t even legally codified until the 1970’s. Even Japan’s MOFA dropped the terra nullius part of their claim to Liancourt Rocks years ago.
Peace, I don’t accuse Japan of “imperial ambitions” in 2008 nor do I intend to vilify Japan. The fine folks at Shimane Prefecture are laying claim to Takeshima these days and they are using their 1905 “incorporation” as its premise. Thus, its only appropriate historical context (political and military) be included.
Read about Japan’s political involvement in the annexation process most notably Komura Jutaro.
http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/dokdo-expansionism-politics.html