I think that it is really immature that a country the size of Japan is trying to extend its sea borders. I was searching this topic on the internet. I found a site that was pro-Takeshima. It said that Korea was illegally claiming the land. That is not true. I agree that older historical evidence is being ignored from the Korean side. They need a mediator because each country and government is out to persue their own agenda. CIA World Factbook is calling them the Liancourt Rocks. I don't like either government very much. The sad thing is, the Japanese Educational System is teaching that the island is Takeshima and is Japan's with no hard evidence. The map the Japanese are using as evidence is a outdated map of feudal Japan in 185os. It is inaccurate. At that time more than half of Asia was Japanese territory.