Japanese Minister Visits the Round of 'Dokdo = Japanese Land' "The preservation of the territory is an important task."

Japan's Minister of Territorial Affairs, Manabu Sakai, emphasized the importance of territorial preservation by visiting a roundabout introducing Japan's position on Dokdo and the Senkaku Islands (Chinese name: Diaoyudao), Kyodo News reported.

Sakai, the Minister of Territorial Affairs, visited Japan's national exhibition facility, the "Territorial and Sovereign Exhibition Center," which will be held at the Marunouchi Commercial Facility in Tokyo until the 27th.

"The preservation of the territory is an important task facing Japan," he said. "We want to strengthen the transmission of Japan's position inside and outside the country."

He added, "I hope it will be an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the territory and think about the response to it as the international situation becomes more severe."

The Territorial and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall explained that the exhibition is intended to learn about the historical circumstances of the northern territories, Takeshima (the name of Dokdo claimed by Japan), and the Senkaku Islands and Japan's position.

The exhibition hall has been exhibiting Dokdo and the Kuril Islands' southern four islands, the Northern Territories, and the Senkaku Islands, claiming that "it is Japan's own territory and has never been part of another country."

The exhibition hall has been undergoing renovation since last year, judging that there are not many young visitors because the existing exhibition is focused on explanations.

Sakai's Minister of Territorial Affairs said the exhibition hall will be newly opened in April by supplementing experienced exhibits.

The Territorial and Sovereign Exhibition Hall, which was opened in Tokyo's Hibiya Park in 2018 with a size of about 100㎡, was greatly expanded to about 700㎡ when it moved to Doranomon, Chiyoda-gu in January 2020.