SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) - South Korea has protested to the Japanese side of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Organizing Committee's official website on the marked indication of Dokdo in mid-April, the Sankei Shimbun reported on Tuesday.

Sankei of the extreme right-wing said in an article quoting a source from Japan-Korea relations that Japan did not accept Dokdo as "Japan's own territory under international law."

According to the report, the problem map was announced on the organizer's site on the map of the page that introduces the path and date of the torch relay.

The South Korean Foreign Ministry has protested to the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Sankei said.

Sankei said the ministry had protested that "Dokdo is regrettable as if it were Japan's territory" and that "there was a Japanese protest against the Olympic spirit in 2018 at the PyeongChang Olympics."

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "Regarding the East Sea, Sanke added," It is regrettable that there is an expression "Japan Sea" on the (organization) site.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was not indicated on the map of the organizers' site, but it was reported that there was an indication that Dokdo was supposed to be Dokdo.

In fact, on the map of the torch relay route map of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee's homepage, there is a small point presumed to indicate the location of Dokdo on the north side of the Shimane Prefecture Oki Islands.

The maps of the problem also show the four islands of the South Kuril (the northern territory of Japan), which Russia controls effectively.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Sugaya Yoshihide said at the regular briefing, "We received a request from the Korean side through the Japanese embassy in Korea." The Korean side has the sovereignty of Takeshima (Japan's claim to Dokdo) "I have never been able to accept the position of my country (Japan) regarding the issue," he said.

Suga replied, "I do not know the specifics," in response to the question whether the request was to remove the part of the map from the map.

Japan, on the other hand, denied that the Korean Air Force had claimed the sovereignty over Dokdo in connection with the warning shot on Russian military aircraft that infiltrated Korean airspace near Dokdo on March 23, but the Korean government dismissed it.

"We strongly protested against this issue and strongly demanded to prevent the recurrence of the incident," said Suga. "The relationship between Korea and Japan is very difficult right now, but based on the consistent position of our country (Japan) We have no doubt that we are going to demand strong response from the Korean side. "

(Photo = Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee's "Torch Relay Route Information" page capture, Yonhap News)