By ARATA NAMIMA/ Staff Writer
November 5, 2020 at 07:30 JST
A 1:2,000,000 aerial navigation map developed by the U.S. Air Force in 1954, which is kept at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, shows a dotted line representing the Japan-South Korea border between the Takeshima islets, or Liancourt Rocks, and nearby Ullung-do island. (Provided by the Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Two recently discovered aeronautical charts created by the U.S. Air Force in 1953 and 1954 show the disputed Takeshima islets as part of Japanese territory. [Read More]
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