Shimane Prefecture is situated in the western region of Japan's island of Honshu, it occupies an area of 6,629 square kilometers.
Shimane is bordered by the Sea of Japan, and by Tottori, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi prefectures.
On March 312005, the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka and the village of Yakumo (all from Yatsuka District) merged with the city of Matsue to form the new city of Matsue.
It is also known that Koryo had diplomatic relationships with the Wu kingdom at this time and remaining records indicate that there was considerable travel by Korean monks to China, especially to Wu, in the early Koryo period.
In early Koryo it is known that many descendants of Koguryo, particularly people from the upper class, entered Koryo from Parhae in the north after its defeat by the Khitans, and this may have prompted an influx of the northern Chinese or Liao style into Koryo.
Koryo Buddhism under Wang Kon's policy of freedom for and encouragement of the development of various sects in Korea.
If you are considering buying real estate in Koryo or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
A mortgage is often used to fund the purchase of a house, home, apartment or villa to be used as vacation rentals.
If you are considering buying real estate in Koryo, Shimane, Japan or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
The governor of Shimane Prefecture asserted at a recent session of the prefectural assembly that "Takeshima (Tok islet) is an inalienable part of Japan's territory in view of historical facts and international law." This touched off bitter wrath among the Korean people.
The Japanese reactionaries are becoming increasingly assertive for the claim to Tok islet despite the fact that the Tok islet is marked as a territory belonging to Korea in Japan's historical materials and in the past the Japanese authorities admitted themselves that the islet belongs to Korea.
A glimpse of this is given by the existence of Hyangdo, a community of villagers for amity and assistance that was traced to the Koryo dynasty (918-1392), about which a relevant ancient record runs in part: "Hyangdo is a beautiful entity.
I cannot say anything bad about these places in Taki and Koryo Cho (I am their employee!), but I will tell you about them with a little hesitation, because I wish to share their current lost status.
I have enjoyed my stay so far in teaching at Taki and Koryo middle schools, and I like to relax by the beach before I cool off with a walk up on the hills.
Plenty of parking space is available along the new road that is mostly in Koryo.
How It Was - Tokdo Dispute History(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Shimane notice issued a 100 years ago is the backbone of Japan's claim over Tokdo, but South Korea says the argument is groundless, because it was made when Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) was deprived of its diplomatic powers by Japan.
Outside Shimane's legislative building in the city of Matsue on 16 Mar 2005, Choi Jae-ik, a Seoul city Assemblyman, was stopped by Japanese police in the act of trying to cut off one of his fingers with a knife.
The city of Jinju in the province said it was canceling several planned exchanges with the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture, including a women’s marathon scheduled for March 20, a July exchange of civil servants, and an exchange of local government officials.
The Japanese government is inciting the campaign, saying "there is no problem." Doctor of history Kim Un Thaek of Kim Il Sung University in an interview with KCNA said that it is a premeditated and provocative act of aggression to occupy the islet, an inalienable land of Korea.
In 1693 Japan's feudal government in a paper sent to the Shimane prefectural governor instructed him to hand over a document confirming Ullung and Tok islets do not belong to Japan to An Ryong Bok, a Korean on a visit to Japan for the settlement of the claim to islets.
The Potsdam Declaration and the Cairo Declaration clarified that the territory of Japan was limited to four proper islands and some other islands to be decided on by the allied countries and Japan was deprived of the ownership of all the prewar Japan-controlled islands, which the doctor said proves Tok Islet clearly belonged to Korea.
The Koryo Dynasty had suffered from a number of internal problems; Yi and his followers implemented drastic reforms to place the new dynasty on firmer ground.
Korean cultural development is generally divided into periods coinciding with political development: the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C. A.D.), the Unified Silla dynasty (668-935), the Koryo dynasty (918-1392), the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), and the modern period (1910]]-present).
Japan's claim that Liancourt Rocks are a territory in Japan included in Shimane Prefecture, is based on the 'Article 40 of the Shimane Prefecture's Ordinance' documented in 1905.
Hence the seizure of Tokdo in 1905 by Shimane ken, and by extension by Japan, falls under clause (2) of Cairo Declaration.
Even if we assumed that the Japanese incorporation of the islands into Shimane Prefecture was illegal (or fell under the purvue of the Cairo Conference - your point 6-C), it is obvious that Korea was not in control of the island at this time.
Let's assume jsut for the moment that the Shimane incorportion was illegal (just for moment okay - not necessarily my official stand on that), or that the Cairo Conference would specifically apply to Takeshima.
Both the name and the genesis of Koryo shows that it is a Koguryo successor state.
Koryo eats up Paekche; the Kitays (Liao) annull Parhae in 934; and then next year Silla capitulates.
However the Mongolians are ousted from China in 1368; the prestige of the Koryo royal dynasty which was their vassal for one and half centuries may be low.
Flying Yangban: Japan and Korea's compeating claims to Dokdo/Takeshima Part Two: Korea's historical claim(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Here is the logic at work in the Korean position: (1) Ulleungdo is acknowledge by Japan as Korean territory and (2) the fate of Dokdo is tied to the fate of Ulleungdo, therefore (3) Japan should acknowledge that Dokdo is Korean.
I have telephoned the Shimane prefecture to ask whether Takeshima had ever been removed from its administrative jurisdiction during the annexation, and the answer was NO.
The Shimane Prefecture Inclusion was declared dead by the signing of the SCAP agreement.
Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Shimane Prefecture(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Flying Yangban: April 2005(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is the first time that the South Korean province has made a positive move since Sumita sent it a letter on March 23 calling for calm in the row over the Sea of Japan island called Takeshima in Japan and Tokto in South Korea, the officials said.
The province had said it would cut the friendship arrangement with Shimane Prefecture on March 16 when the prefectural assembly enacted an ordinance designating a commemorative day for Takeshima, a territory controlled by South Korea but claimed by both countries.
It was the Shimane prefectural assembly which started the current squabble with its March 16 declaration.
Yoshida, Shimane -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yoshida, Shimane -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Yoshida (吉田村; -mura) is a (A settlement smaller than a town) village located in (additional info and facts about Iishi District) Iishi District, (additional info and facts about Shimane) Shimane, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 2,299 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 20.17 persons per (additional info and facts about km²) km².
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Pyongyang, March 3 (KCNA) -- Scientists of the Koryo Biological Medicine Center of the Branch Academy of Biology under the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have developed a new Koryo biological agricultural medicine.
"Myongrok"-branded natural organic medicine is made in proper combination of extracts from some medicinal herbs with nourishing and activating materials and additives by the method of manufacturing traditional Koryo medicines.
TG 94.6 cruisers and destroyers (Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker) bombard Japanese installations at Paramushiro, Kuril Islands, damaging cargo ship Kokai Maru.
Submarine Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Taishin Maru about 60 miles west of Mindoro, 13°09'N, 120°24'E. Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) delivers supplies and evacuates certain personnel from near Libertad, Panay, P.I. British submarine HMS Stonehenge sinks Japanese ship No.2 Koryo Maru north of Sumatra.
USAAF B-24s and B-25s (14th Air Force) attack convoy in South China Sea, sinking gunboat Rozan Maru and merchant cargo ships Lushan Maru and Seikyo Maru off Swatow, China, 22°00'N, 116°00'E. USAAF B-25s sink Fatsumi Maru off Wewak.