Taipei Times
Date: Jul 19, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday reasserted Taiwan’s sovereignty over the

The disputed Diaoyutai Islands are pictured in an undated photograph.  Photo: Reuters

Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) in the disputed East China Sea, after the Japanese government expedited a plan to include Japan’s territorial claims over the island chain in its school curriculum.

The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on Tuesday announced that it is moving up implementation of its “national territory education” curriculum from 2022 to next year, according to a Kyodo News report.

Japanese high-school students are to be taught about the legitimacy of Japan’s territorial claims over several disputed islands, including Diaoyutai, as well as islets in the Sea of Japan known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.    [FULL  STORY]