Japanese Torch Relay Route Includes Takeshima?... Seogyeongdeok "Deliberate Dokdo Ambition"

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay team passing by the Takeshima Archive Room at Shimane Prefectural Office on the 16th of last month. The part marked with a red circle is the signboard of the Takeshima Archive Room. Photo by Seokyeongdeok, Professor at Sungshin Women's University, captured from Facebook.

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University criticized Japan for deliberately revealing its "Dokdo ambitions" by using the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

On the 2nd, Professor Seo posted on his Facebook, stating, "After investigating the torch relay video posted on the Tokyo Olympics homepage, it was confirmed that on the 16th of last month, the torch relay passed through Oki Island in Shimane Prefecture and the Shimane Prefectural Office's 'Takeshima (the Japanese term for Dokdo) Archive,' which are bases for Japan's groundless claims over Dokdo."

He continued, "Including Oki Island, which is called an exhibition hall for Dokdo distortion, and the Shimane Prefectural Office's Takeshima Archive, where the annual 'Takeshima Day' event is held, in the torch relay route is a clear indication of Japan's ambitions over Dokdo," he analyzed.

Professor Seokyeong Deok of Sungshin Women's University posted on Facebook on the 2nd, stating that Japan is provoking Dokdo through the Tokyo Olympic torch relay route. Photo by Professor Seokyeong Deok of Sungshin Women's University, captured from Facebook.

Professor Seo emphasized, "It seems clear that Japan has long been targeting Dokdo by using the Tokyo Olympics, such as reopening the territorial sovereignty exhibition hall (Dokdo exhibition hall) in Ginza, the center of Tokyo, in January last year. It is time for us to prepare a more strategic and sophisticated global promotion."

Earlier, on the 21st of last month, Professor Seo sent a correction request email to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president regarding Dokdo being marked as Japanese territory on the Tokyo Olympics homepage.

Meanwhile, the torch relay is being broadcast live through the Tokyo Olympics homepage. The torch relay route mentioned by Professor Seo can be confirmed by replaying the Shimane Prefecture Day 2 torch relay video posted on the 16th of last month.

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