should be corrected to the Dokdo is Korean territory, not Japanese. Also, the name Takeshima must be corrected to Dokdo, because according to the Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) published in Korea in 1145, Dokdo has been part of Korean territory since 512 A.D. Since that time, Korea has had control of the island. A few Korean citizens reside on Dokdo, and the Korean police guard the island.

During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan plundered the Korean Peninsula. In 1905, near the end of the War, Dokdo was illegally taken over by Japan. But under the Potsdam Declaration and Cairo Declaration, the Allied Powers returned the island to Korea.

However, the Japanese Government still continues to publish schoolbooks calling Dokdo by the Japanese name of Takeshima and laying claim to it. This is not just an issue of land that was taken during a war of aggression, but also a case of unnecessarily aggravating good Korea-Japanese relations and world peace.