SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) - South Korea has protested to the Japanese side of the Tokyo Olympics-Paralympics Organizing Committee's official site on the map of Dokdo on the map this month, the Sankei Shimbun reported Wednesday.

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.

Indeed, on the map of the torch relay route map of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee's homepage, there is a small point in the northern part of the Shimane Prefecture Oki Islands (隱 岐 岛) that is supposed to indicate the location of Dokdo.

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

On the other hand, the South Korean government denied it, claiming that Dokdo belonged to Japan in relation to the Korean Air Force warning the Russian military aircraft that inflicted the Korean airspace near Dokdo on March 23.

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