By Here is yet another map that has turned up that is being claimed to be proof that Dokdo is Korean territory:
Yet another couple of historic Japanese maps have been discovered that do not include Korea’s Dokdo islets as part of Japanese territory. Yuji Hosaka, a Japanese professor at Sejong University, unveiled them at a press conference at the Northeast Asian History Foundation on Wednesday.
Measuring 115 cm by 123 cm, one map was produced by the Japanese Army in 1877 and depicts the country’s sovereign territory in detail, but does not contain Dokdo. In 1889, Japanese surveyors created the country’s first-ever map on a 200,000:1 scale compiled from all of the maps that had been produced until that time, but even that makes no reference to Dokdo, Hosaka said.
Park Jin-hyun, head of the foundations’ Dokdo Research Institute said, “This shows Japan’s claim that Dokdo was Japanese territory prior to 1905 is false.” Japan declared Korea a protectorate that year. [Chosun Ilbo]
I think all this map shows is that the Japanese didn’t depict Dokdo back then just like the Korean maps back then didn’t depict Dokdo either despite Koreans claims to the contrary. Back then it was just a pile of rocks out in the middle of the ocean of no use.
10:20 am on February 19th, 2010 1
Aw jeez, not this shiat again!
12:46 pm on February 19th, 2010 2
Since someone brought up Tokto, I'm going to highlight a post on what seems to be Japan Times removing information (due to pressure?) from a 2005 article that indirectly supported Korea's claim on the islets.
4:20 pm on February 19th, 2010 3
Gee, it's interesting how rare Japanese maps always seem to turn up in South Korea.
5:49 pm on February 19th, 2010 4
No one in the rrest of the world cares
7:40 pm on February 19th, 2010 5
Liancourt Rocks
I have a map of the world and Dokdo is not depicted on it. I thought the French first found the islets and named them liancourt rocks. They plotted them on a map, does that mean the rocks belong to France?
The claim that the islets lie in fishing rich waters is evident by 1 (one) octopus fisherman residing on the largest of the rocks.
The claim that the rocks are in waters with rich gas deposits is evident by Korea buying gas from other countries and not even attempting to find the gas under the liancourt rocks.
The rocks are a shipping hazard and need to be removed. Problem solved.
Takashima belongs to Japan (23.16 acres) and Dokdo (23.16 acres) belong to Korea.
I should work for the US State Department because I can solve any problem. Just try me.
8:19 pm on February 19th, 2010 6
I can see Takashima on this map it is located just above the second Jap syllable. Wait that may be a speck of fly crap, whats the difference?
11:05 pm on February 19th, 2010 7
"Back then it was just a pile of rocks out in the middle of the ocean of no use."
Still is.
10:30 am on February 20th, 2010 8
The South Korean government sure found a way to use it.
11:23 am on February 20th, 2010 9
Why does this sound so trivial to me? rhetorical question