Toshiyuki Takano
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Toshiyuki Takano (高野 紀元 Takano Toshiyuki?, born in 1944) is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany, previously to South Korea and Singapore. He sparked a controversy in South Korea when he, in February 2005, stated that the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan, currently under South Korean administration, "historically and legally" belong to Japan.[1]
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- ^ "S Korea calls for Japan apology", BBC NEWS, 1 March, 2005.
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