Hostname: page-component-55f67697df-jr75m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-05-08T16:48:20.010Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Takeshima/Tokto, Nationalism and Reconciliation: Who is smiling at the latest row?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Wakamiya Yoshibumi
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

When the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) was concluded in 1965, the two countries shelved their territorial claims to the Takeshima islets, which are called Tokto in South Korea.

But they never got over their differences concerning the rocky outcrops in the Sea of Japan. In fact, the issue continues to bother both sides, as if a bone was stuck in their respective throats.

Type
Research Article
Information
Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 8 , August 2008 , e4
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BYCreative Common License - NCCreative Common License - ND
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2008