Fukuda tells Lee Japan will state Takeshima ownership

Sunday 13th July, 03:48 PM JST

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rjd_jr at 11:11 PM JST - 13th July

Great for Fukuda, stand up for your rights. About time Japanese leaders stopped being doormats for the P.C. crowd. Send a clear message to the likes of the gutless New York Times. Great for him.
wilbur at 11:39 PM JST - 13th July

and here we go again, japan just doing what it wants despite common-sense warnings to the contrary...although they're just playing to their strength, which is belligerence, rather than do something as mundane as actual negotiation...and they wonder why they're hated all across asia
The_Marion at 01:45 AM JST - 14th July

Potsdam Surrender papers and those papers included the Cairo Accords of 1843 which gave back "All lands taken by violence or greed" to Korea.

I repeat that Japan seems to be always breeding a scab on their noses. Ask yourselfs, "is it worth a bomb?"
The_Marion at 01:50 AM JST - 14th July

Allow me to correct two items in my foregoing story - 1- The Cairo Accords of 1943 and 2- The spelling of yourselves.
UnagiDon at 01:58 AM JST - 14th July

So which will happen first over the latest spat, a raving Korean nationalist mails a pinky to someone in the J government, or a raving Japanese nationalist tries to off themselves in public?
OssanULTRA at 03:27 AM JST - 14th July

"Potsdam Surrender papers and those papers included the Cairo Accords of 1843 which gave back "All lands taken by violence or greed" to Korea."

You'd better take that up with Washington. The Liancourt Rocks were not included in the hand over package and remained marked as Japanese territory on US military maps, all while we used these rocks as a live bombing training site. That we ended up killing a number of South Korea fishermen who entered the restricted area is a tragedy, but has no bearing on ownership.
usaexpat at 11:56 PM JST - 14th July

Good for Fukuda these islands do belong to Japan and as OssanULTRA correctly asserts they were never part of the hand over package after the war. UnagiDon since it's Korea they will probably burn down the Hyundai factory to show their displeasure with Japan as Korean mobs usually destroy Korean property.
lipscombe at 10:42 AM JST - 15th July

Fukuda's dad could beat up Lee's dad. and now Lee's not coming to Fukuda's birthday party next week ,and they are going to have jelly and ice cream and Lee won't get any ner ner ner neeer ner
PepinGalarga at 12:57 PM JST - 15th July

I keep saying, SK's argument is defective, since SK is a recently created state. otherwise they owe half to Kim Jong Il.

So they are claiming it over North Korea's rights too? Are North Korea's people any less Korean than South Koreas's??

Nothwithstanding all this, if any JP prime minister said "let's talk about it" earlier, they sort of give up their outright claim, even if it was on their maps. What did they want to negotiate? They should have stood firm from the beginning.