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The map above shows the amount of territory Korea and Japan would have access to if Japan were acquire Dokdo Takeshima and declare the island an EEZ. Japan maintains uninhabitable islands are capable of generating EEZs while Korea currently enforces a 12 mile limit around Dokdo Takeshima (Dokdo-Takeshima)
CNN: Japan protests South Korean military drills near contested islands
South Korea has angered Japan by staging military drills near a contested island chain, even as it discusses scaling back joint "war games" with the US to de-escalate tensions with North Korea.
The South Korean military dispatched six warships, including the 3,200-ton destroyer Yangmanchun, and aircraft including F-15K fighter jets and Black Hawk helicopters to practice the defense of what South Korea calls the Dokdo Islands in waters east of the Korean Peninsula.
The islands are also claimed by Japan, where they are known as the Takeshima.
The South Korean drills, which it usually conducts twice a year, are expected to last two days.
Japan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday called on South Korea to stop the exercises.
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Update #1: Japan angry as South Korea holds war games to defend against ‘island attack’ -- SCMP/AFP
Update #2: South Korea embarks on war games over disputed islets -- Financial Times
WNU Editor: It is just a rock in the middle of the sea .... but one that has a history of bitter disagreement on who it belongs to.
