Japan said Friday it had lodged a protest with South Korea over military drills conducted in waters near a pair of islets in the Sea of Japan, claimed by both countries.Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, told Kim Yong Gil, a minister at the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo, that the drills, reportedly held on Thursday, were "totally unacceptable" and "extremely regrettable," according to the Japanese ministry.The ministry quoted Funakoshi as saying the islets are an integral part of Japanese territory in light of historica…READ FULL ARTICLE
