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Japan Post said Thursday it "carelessly" issued customized stamp sheets featuring images of Takeshima Island, which is claimed by Japan and South Korea. Japan Post issued 300 sheets, which are used to ...

On Monday, the Japanese government reacted furiously over an inter-Korean Olympic flag depicting the disputed uninhabited Islands called “Dokdo” in South Korea and “Takeshima” in Japan as part of ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The Japanese embassy in Seoul returned a holiday gift box from South Korea’s presidential Blue House on Friday because it contained an image of islands claimed by both ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign ministry said on Sunday that South Korean navy drills around Takeshima island, which is called Dokdo in Korean, were unacceptable and issued a protest demanding an ...

It’s been an eventful week in Japan, what with South Korea’s President insulting the emperor, Cabinet members paying homage to war criminals, Chinese protesters landing on a disputed island and local ...

Tokyo’s new National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty opened this year, a permanent collection of historical documents highlighting Japan’s official territorial claim over the Diaoyu/Senkaku and ...

On Sunday, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan won a two-thirds majority in the 480-seat house of representatives. The Obama administration will gain from Japan's new right-wing Prime Minister ...

TOKYO >> Japan renewed its claim on a contested island in the Sea of Japan held by South Korea at an annual event Monday, escalating tensions between the neighbors whose relations were already ...