韓国議員の竹島上陸「遺憾」　加藤官房長官

　加藤勝信官房長官は１８日の記者会見で、韓国国会議員が島根県・竹島に上陸したことについて、「歴史的事実に照らしても国際法上も明らかに日本固有の領土だ。到底受け入れられるものではなく、極めて遺憾だ」と語った。外務省の船越健裕アジア大洋州局長が既に在日韓国大使館の金容吉次席公使に電話で抗議している。（2021/08/18-14:19）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato expressed extreme regret Wednesday over a South Korean lawmaker's recent visit to disputed Sea of Japan islands known as Takeshima in Japan.
   The visit was "absolutely unacceptable and extremely regrettable as the Takeshima islands are obviously an inherent part of Japan's territory in light of historical facts and under international law," the top government spokesman told a press conference.
   Takehiro Funakoshi, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, has lodged a protest via telephone to Kim Yong-gil, minister at the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo, over the incident.
   The islands, located off Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, are under the effective control of South Korea, where they are called Dokdo, and have been claimed by Japan.