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Four months before the Tokyo Olympics, the torch relay in Japan began today (25th).

We are also interested in where the torch passes, but controversy is expected as Japan includes Oki Island in Shimane Prefecture, which is taking the lead in distorting the history of Dokdo.



This is the exclusive report by reporter Kwon Jong-oh.



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torch relay began at J Village, a soccer training center in Fukushima, where there was an explosion of a nuclear power plant 10 years ago.




The event, which was held while Prime Minister Suga was absent, was only attended by officials such as Hashimoto Organizing Chairman, and was held without spectators to prevent the spread of Corona 19.



The torch is scheduled to travel all over Japan until July 23, the opening date, but controversy is expected as Oki Island, which is considered an outpost of Dokdo distortion, is included in the Bongsong-ro.



Oki Island in the northern part of Shimane Prefecture is the closest place to Dokdo among Japanese territories, and the entire island is evaluated as a Dokdo Distortion Exhibition Hall, enough to establish the Takeshima History Museum.



In addition to Saigo Port, the center of the island, Takeshima, the Japanese name for Dokdo, is covered with various propaganda that is the territory of Oki Island, and the Olympic torch will be delivered around Saigo Port on May 16th.



And it passes by the Shimane Prefecture Budokan, where the annual “Takeshima Day” event is held.



[Seo Kyung-deok/Professor Sungshin Women's University: I think it's a strategy that has a little meaning. Seems to be the islets by the Japanese government and the organizing committee can be seen as a tricky strategy naturally look that the Japanese territory to external publicity.]



At the time Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Korea was not the islets torch relay, the Korean Unification Flag minus the islets in accordance with the IOC Advisory The South and North Korean athletes took care of entering the opening ceremony.



However, Japan has caused controversy by marking Dokdo as Japanese territory on the Tokyo Organizing Committee's website, and is poised to enforce the torch relay from Oki Island, a symbol of Dokdo distortion, so the Korean government's response is urgent.



(Video editing: Nam Il)