Japan Strengthens Dokdo Sovereignty Promotion... Allocates 2.7 Billion Won in Budget

Seminar Held and Exhibition Hall Renovated for Disputed Territories Including Senkaku

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 10th that the Japanese government is strengthening information provision activities to assert that territories disputed with other countries, such as Dokdo, the Senkaku Islands (called Diaoyu Islands in China), and the four southern islands of the Kuril Islands known as the "Northern Territories," are Japanese territory.

According to the report, the Japanese government has allocated about 300 million yen (approximately 270 million KRW) in the next fiscal year's budget for related expenses.

Crew members of the Donghae Coast Guard Ship 3016 holding the Taegeukgi near the waters around Dokdo on the 12th of last month.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

In the National Security Strategy revised last December, the Japanese government explicitly stated that it will "strengthen efforts to spread understanding of territorial and sovereignty issues." The Territorial and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall is a national exhibition facility that explains Japan's position on Dokdo, the Senkaku Islands, and the Northern Territories.

Information dissemination will be conducted differently for domestic and international audiences. For prominent foreign experts, Japan plans to regularly send emails containing Japan's views to assert that Dokdo and other territories are Japanese. Domestically, seminars will be held for foreigners, and the Territorial and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, will be renovated.

The Yomiuri reported, "The Territorial and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall will faithfully provide experiential exhibitions using virtual reality (VR) technology so that visitors can gain a deeper understanding of China's coercive actions occurring around the Senkaku Islands."

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