"Takeshima Research as an Area Study" : Towards the Integration of Empirical and Field Researches.

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The existing discussions on Takeshima have mostly focused on the territorial dispute (i.e. the issues at national level), and the locality and people who are directly affected by Takeshima have been largely overlooked. At the same time, the local governments which administer Takeshima have made decisions not based on the reality of the locality but on the logic of the state. The area around Takeshima is in fact not a rich fishing ground as it is usually assumed; almost all of the Japanese fishing vessels captured by violating Syngman Rhee Line were not heading toward Takeshima area - this research not only attempted to point out such problems behind the existing researches, but also empirically exposed the errors and delusions found in the mystified discourse that is prevalent today.