... Japan and South Korea over tiny islets, the Liancourt Rocks, in the south-central section of the Sea of Japan when Japan protested the construction of harbor facilities by South Korea. These 250-square meter rocks, again, could have a profound effect... Island Disputes and the Law of the Sea: An Examination of Sovereignty and ... - Page 6 by Robert W. Smith, Bradford L. Thomas - 1998 - 27 pages Limited preview - About this book
...meter rocks, again, could have a profound effect on the delimitation of maritime boundaries (see maps 1 and 3). Northeast of Japan, a long-standing sovereignty...dispute between Japan and Russia over a group of islands northeast of Japan (known in Japan as the "Northern Territories") originally involved Soviet takeover...