20th annual event held in Japan to push claim to S. Korea-held islets

The 20th edition of an annual ceremony to assert Japan's claim over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan was held Saturday, in a long-standing sticking point in bilateral ties.Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama and Eriko Imai, a Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister representing the central government, attended the annual event held in Matsue, western Japan, and called for a resolution to the territorial dispute over the islets called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea."Territorial issues are problems between nations, and government-level talks are essential…READ FULL ARTICLE