Japan to drag Korea dispute to court
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August 12, 2012, Sunday
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JAPAN said yesterday it will take a long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week.
The islands, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, lie equidistant from the two mainlands and are believed to contain frozen natural gas deposits potentially worth billions of dollars.
On Friday, Lee became the first South Korean leader to visit the islands, which have been an irritant in relations between the two countries.
"Japan decided to act to peacefully solve the issue by bringing it to International Court of Justice," a spokesperson for Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.
"Having seen the Republic of Korea take such an unacceptable action, we believe that letting Japan's case on Takeshima known to the world, through ICJ, is more important than holding back, giving consideration for the whole Japan-ROK relations."
The islands, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, lie equidistant from the two mainlands and are believed to contain frozen natural gas deposits potentially worth billions of dollars.
On Friday, Lee became the first South Korean leader to visit the islands, which have been an irritant in relations between the two countries.
"Japan decided to act to peacefully solve the issue by bringing it to International Court of Justice," a spokesperson for Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.
"Having seen the Republic of Korea take such an unacceptable action, we believe that letting Japan's case on Takeshima known to the world, through ICJ, is more important than holding back, giving consideration for the whole Japan-ROK relations."
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