Toshiyuki Takano
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Toshiyuki Takano (高野 紀元, Takano Toshiyuki, born in 1944) is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany,[1] previously to South Korea (2002–2005)[2] and Singapore (2001).[3] In February 2005 he sparked a controversy in South Korea when he stated that the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan, currently under South Korean administration, "historically and legally" belong to Japan.[4]
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[edit]- ^ "New Japanese envoys to Germany, EU named". Kyodo News. September 6, 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Japan to appoint Toshiyuki Takano as ambassador to S. Korea". Kyodo News. November 14, 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Former Ambassadors and Consul-Generals". Embassy of Japan in Singapore. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "S Korea calls for Japan apology", BBC NEWS, 1 March 2005.
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