Japan holds annual event to press claim to S. Korea-held islets

Japan on Tuesday held an annual ceremony to press its claim over a group of islets controlled by South Korea but also appealed for a solution, amid protracted disputes between the two countries over wartime history and territory.The ceremony in Matsue has been held every Feb. 22 since 2006 after the Shimane prefectural government designated the day as "Takeshima Day" in 2005, a century after a Cabinet decision was issued placing the islets in the Sea of Japan under the western prefecture's jurisdiction.Hiroo Kotera, a Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister representing the central gover…READ FULL ARTICLE