Dokdo-or-Takeshima?: Yuji Hosaka: "Born to Defend Korea's Dokdo Claim"

3.8.09

Yuji Hosaka: "Born to Defend Korea's Dokdo Claim"

Yuji Hosaka seems to be in the Korean news every other month or so, rather he has anything new to say or not. If you did not read the May article on about how he is "Spreading the word about Dokdo," then you can read the following August article about how he is "Born to Defend Korea's Dokdo Claim." Both articles essentially say the same thing, which is how he is devoted to spreading the truth about Dokdo.

While most Koreans seem to have gone silent on Dokdo, probably after finally realizing how ridiculous Korean claims are, Yuji Hosaka continues to make a fool of himself. Why?

And why do Korean newspapers continue to print the same kind of Yuji Hosaka crusade article over and over? Shouldn't most people have heard by now how Mr. Hosaka is devoting his life to Dokdo?

I wonder if Mr. Hosaka realizes how foolish he sounds, and I wonder if the Korean media realize how silly such articles appear to non-Koreans?

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dokebi25/10/09 10:31
That's an awesomely retarded headline...
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Unknown7/5/10 14:50
Could you elaborate, please, on these so-called 'ridiculous claims' that you say the Korean government foists on its citizens?
And have you even bothered to look at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website on why the Liancourt Rocks are Japanese territory? Let me tell you, the facts that they oh-so-proudly claim as evidence to their claim are laughably far-fetched, some downright wrong. They even include an incorrect map, lying to its readers about the islands' distances to its own Oki island and Ulleong island. And don't worry, I've checked these distances against several other US and European maps.
Oh, and what you said about Korea's recent silence on the issue, you couldn't be more wrong. Only last month, it was decided that 4th graders would be taught about Dokdo in Korea, in response to the Japanese Ministry of Education decision to distort history in elementary school textbooks and say that Takeshima is their territory.
A word of advice: brush up on your facts before you go slandering a college Professor and an entire country in one breath. And if you want to be taken seriously, you should probably present both sides of the issue, rather than closing your eyes to one side and pretending it doesn't exist.
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김모씨8/5/10 01:06
I think you may be right Trina.

From what I understand the distance from Ulleungdo’s East shore to Dokdo is 87kms. But the Japanese website states 92kms.

Why is this so?

I read another post on the internet that the Japanese Government website calculates the distance from the center of Korea’s Ulleungdo to the center of Dokdo in order to make the distances appear longer. Is this true? If so. it’s incredibly childish and cheesy.

Can you give me some information about the distances?

http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/

Cheers!!
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Unknown8/5/10 03:28
I'm not actually sure how the Japanese MOFA measured the distances and added the 5 kilometres. They might have added the distance from Ulleung island, because Dokdo's square kilometres don't even add up to a whole kilometre. I'm assuming they did measure from Ulleungdo's centre. Which, as you said, is incredibly childish, considering they didn't accord the same measuring system to their own Oki island.

And, I just wanted to thank you. You website became a database of sorts for my research paper on this issue. Thank you.
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Gerry Bevers8/5/10 06:48
Trina,

Up until just three or four years ago, South Korea was claiming the distance from Ulleungdo to Dokdo was 92 kilometers. The sign on Ulleungdo pointing toward Dokdo even read 92 kilometers.
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Unknown9/5/10 11:34
Even if the Japanese MOFA are 'unaware' of the changes known to virtually the rest of the world, which I highly doubt, they are still guilty of negligence if they keep incorrect information up. As you said, Mr. Bevers, it has been 3 or 4 years since South Korea has fixed their mistakes. It's high time the Japanese government follow suit, even if it does make a point of theirs less valid or whatnot.

Or, they could be turning a blind eye to the truth. And the Japanese government conveniently feigning ignorance of facts for their own means? Who's ever heard of such preposterous ideas? Of course, Korea wanted to be colonized, and so did China, I mean, why else would Imperial Japan have invaded their Asian neighbors? Not for their own gain, that's just ridiculous, right?
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Unknown26/12/16 11:09
What's odd is he is not the only Japanese scholar defending Korea's Dokdo. There are more Japanese scholars defending Dokdo.

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/588561.html
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NE Shore of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도)

This satellite photo shows Ulleungdo's neighboring islands of Gwaneumdo (觀音島) and Jukdo (竹島) off Ulleungdo's east shore. Gwaneumdo is only about 100 meters offshore and looks more like a cape than an island. Jukdo is about 2 km offshore. The old Korean name for Jukdo was "Usando" (于山島), as many of Korea's old maps show. Koreans claim that Usando was Korea's old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no documents or maps to prove it. Also, Liancourt Rocks is about ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo and are essentially two islands, but all of Korea's old maps show it as one island just off shore of Ulleungdo.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1860 - 1872)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed it with a small island off its eastern shore labeled as "Usan" (于山). Hash marks at the bottom of the map showed that Usan was less than 4 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. That would mean that it would be Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo and is essentially two islands, not one. The map is stored in the National Library of Korea.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1834)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed Usan (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. The hash marks at the bottom of the map showed the island to be about 4 km offshore. Usando was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km of Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim false. The map is stored in Seoul National University's Kyujanggak Center for Korean Studies.

"Dong Yeodo" (東輿圖) Atlas (1795 - 1800)

This map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a neighboring island labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim wrong. The map is stored in Japan's "University of Tsukuba Library" (筑波大学附属図書館).

"Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖) - 1800 - 1822

This map of Ullelungdo (鬱陵島) is from the Korean atlas "Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖), which is believed to have been made sometime between 1800 and 1822. Ulleungdo is shown with a neighboring island labeled as Usan (于山). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others show that it was Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島), which is Ulleungdo's largest neighboring island and only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. The map is stored in the Osaka Nakanoshima Library (中之島圖書館).

"Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿) - late 1800s?)

This map of Ulleungdo comes from an atlas entitled "Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿), which was probably made in the late 1800s since the map is very similarly to another map of Ulleungdo that was made between 1884 and 1894. The mapmaker used gridlines to help show relative size and distance. The map shows Ulleungdo with a small island off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山), which was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도). Jukdo is Ulleungdo's largest neighoring island and is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no maps or documents to prove it. The map is stored in the Korean National Library.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1750 - 1768)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed "Usan" (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island. The grid lines on the map helped show the small island's relative distance from Ulleungdo. Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Korean's claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others prove that claim false.

Inspector's Map of Ulleungdo (1711)

The map is an inspector's map that showed Ulleungdo with an island off its east shore labeled as "the so-called Usando" (所謂于山島). The small island was also labeled as having "fields of haejang bamboo" (海長竹田). Koreans claim that Usando was Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map shows that it could not have been Dokdo since Dokdo is just rocks without the soil to grow haejang bamboo. Also, Usando was shown as a neighboring island of Ulleungdo, but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo. Stored in Seoul Nat'l University's Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies.

"Haejwa Jeondo" (海左全圖) - mid 1800s

This old Korean map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is evidence against the Korean claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands 92 kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usan on this map is just off Ulleungdo's east shore and is only one island. In fact, Usando was the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore.

Carte de la Coree (1846)

This map was made iin 1846 by Kim Dae-geon (金大建), who was Korea's first Catholic priest. He made this map for the benefit of the French priest he works with. He was killed by the Joseon government the same year this map was made. The map shows Ulleungdo labeled in French as "Oulangto" and its neighboring island of Usando labeled as "Ousan." Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rock), but this map shows Usando as one island just of the east shore of Ulleungdo. That tells us that Usando was almost certainly Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only 2 kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Also, this island could not have been Liancourt Rocks since Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands not one. The original of this map is stored in the National Library of France.

Joseon Jeondo (朝鮮全圖) from the "Gakdo Jido" (各道地圖) Atlas (latter 18th c.)

This old Korean map showed an island labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도) just off the east shore of Ulleundo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is more evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map shows Usando as one island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in Korea's Yeongnam University Museum.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1898)

"Donggyeong San Cheon - Paldo Jido (東京山川八道地圖) Atlas (date unknown)

"Jeongukdo" (全國圖) from the "Dongguk Daecheondo" (東國大全圖) - 1740

This old Korean map shows Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo, but this map is evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usando on this map is one island just off the east shore of Ulleungdo. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in the Korean National Museum.

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3.8.09

Yuji Hosaka: "Born to Defend Korea's Dokdo Claim"

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