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South Korea replies with rejection
Takeshima Dispute
Refer to the International Court of Justice (Asahi Shimbun)

Minister KIM, Principal of the Delegation of South Korea to Japan, visited OKUMURA, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and handed over a memorandum rejecting the Japanese government's proposal that the dispute over territorial sovereignty over Takeshima to be referred to the International Court of Justice. The Government of Japan has considered the South Korean rejection as regrettable, and immediately, the Public Information and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a rebuttal. (text omitted) The Japan Side recognizes the South Korean rejection as the same thing as a testimony to the weakness of South Korea’s position on territorial sovereignty over Takeshima in international opinion, and considers that even if the reference fails to implement, it will still effective in that sense.

Document title South Korea replies with rejection
Takeshima Dispute
Refer to the International Court of Justice (Asahi Shimbun)
Date created (Western calendar) October 29, 1954
Date created (Japanese era) October 29, Showa 29
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Publisher Asahi Shimbunsha
Name of publication Asahi Shimbun Morning Edition (reprint version)
Content Minister KIM, Principal of the Delegation of South Korea to Japan, handed over to Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan a memorandum of rejection to refer to the International Court of Justice on the Takeshima dispute.
Language Japanese
Public access Open
Repository Shimane Prefectural Library (Japanese Only)New Window
Medium Paper
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Reference No. T1954102900202
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