TOKYO (Sputnik) – In February, Japan said it would continue clarifications both domestically and abroad on the disputed islands.
"Japan must immediately stop any kind of provocation vis-a-vis our territorial sovereignty," the ministry’s spokesman Cho June-hyuck said, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.
According to Cho, Seoul is "closely watching the situation."
"Dokdo [Korean name for Liancourt Rocks] is Korea's inherent territory historically, geographically and by international law," the spokesman added.
The Liancourt Rocks islands, also known as Dokdo or Tokto in South Korea and as Takeshima in Japan, have been administered by South Korea since 1954, but Japan disputes Seoul’s sovereignty over the territory.
