It is a sheer lie that “East Sea” predates the birth of Christ
Korean
government has been conducting an international campaign to introduce the
appellation“East Sea” as an alternative to the “Sea of Japan” even
claiming that “East Sea” predates the birth of Christ. However, this is a
sheer lie. It is true that 東海 or "Donhae" or “East Sea” appears as a
description in the "History Book of Three Kingdoms" in 37 B.C. But you can
easily understand that“East Sea” in this context refers to "Bohai" or the sea
on the west side of the Korea Peninsula -“East Sea” means the sea to the
“east side of China”.
Prof. Shimojo introduces abundant historical
records in his paper, which cpmletely refutes the Korean government's
assertion of legitimacy of the naming of “East Sea” over the current “Sea of
Japan”.
He also reveals that the Korean government's assertion of the
“East Sea” appellation closely relates to its territorial claim over
“Takeshima” or “Dokdo”. On the “Takeshima” issue, we have preveously
presented overwhelming evidence that current Korean occupation of the island
is a complete violation of international
law.
Please have a look at Prof.
Shimoyo’s paper “Why not silence the Republic of Korea in dealing with the
naming issue of the Sea of Japan?” linked below.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, Secretary General for
KASE Hideaki, Chairman Society for the Dissemination of Historical
Fact Phone: 03-3519-436603-3519-4366 Fax:
03-3519-4367 Email moteki@sdh-fact.com URL http://www.sdh-fact.com
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