South Korea and China on Friday condemned new Japanese textbooks that say that islands at the centre of separate territorial disputes belong to Japan, the latest in a series of disputes between Tokyo and neighbors Seoul and Beijing.
The elementary school textbooks describe islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese as Japan’s “sovereign territory” and say South Korean occupation is unlawful.
The books also say China’s claims to islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyus in China in the East China Sea are unfounded.
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Sohee Kim, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/Ptlx3h
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