Will the fun ever stop with Dokto? Now comes this piece from the Japan Times about 26 Japanese claiming domicile residency on Korea’s Dokto islets.

Twenty-six Japanese have registered their family domicile origins on a group of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan under South Korea’s control, the government revealed Tuesday.
Seoul has lodged a protest with Tokyo over the move. It claims the islets, known as Takeshima in Japan and called Tok-do by South Korea, are part of South Korean territory.

The “honseki” family domicile origin is the place where the family register is recorded on paper at the local government level. Unlike resident registration, a Japanese national can choose any address for honseki, regardless of their current place of residence.

In response Korea has registered their own people:

Seoul has reportedly allowed more than 800 South Koreans to register their domicile origin on the islets.

Tokyo has demanded that the decision be annulled if the reports are true, but Seoul has refused to disclose any information, according to a Foreign Ministry official in Tokyo.

I have been to Dokto and there is only one way I can see these people fitting on the isles. High rise apartments will need to be made, one on each islet. One for the Koreans and one for the Japanese could be constructed. Could this end the Dokto dispute?

(Hat tip to the Japundit.)