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BeyondNationalism,
TwoScholarsSpeakUp
“Thetruthisonthemarch,
andnothingshallstopit.”
-EmileZola
ByMinSe-hong
Nottodismissthetruth
ReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
YujiHosakaWiththeconflictbetweenthetwonationsover
Dokdogrowing,theJapanesegovernment suggested onAug.
orea and Japan have become embroiled in a
17 to the Korean government that the Dokdo issue should
territorial dispute regarding the sovereignty of
be put on trial at the International Court of Justice. It made
Dokdo again, following the visit of President
Hosaka release “Exchange of Notes for Solution of Conflict
Lee Myung-bak to Dokdo on Aug. 10. As the political and
in 1965” which had been obtained from the Ministry of
academic conflict between Korea and Japan has become
Foreign Affairs of Japan on Aug. 13. This document implies
rampant,YujiHosaka,anexpertonDokdoattractedattention
Japan agreed that Dokdo is not disputed territory anymore
from the two nations. Although he was Japanese before
because the assertion of Japan
being naturalized as a Korean citizen in 2003, he asserts that
News
that territorial rights over Dokdo
Dokdo,thedisputedterritory,belongstoKorea.Indeedthere
can be disputed was eliminated
ⓒYonhap
have been several occasions when Hosaka has been accused
fromthedocument.Nevertheless,
of committing acts against his own people, but he remains
Japan initiated the controversy
firm in his belief. Nationalism, the mighty ideology, could
about Dokdo, dismissing the
not make him waver and he insists we should not disregard
agreement as specified in the
the truth, presenting empirical evidences which converge to
document.Contrarytoit,inspite
support that Korea has rights to the island. In this respect,
of having been Japanese prior
Yuji Hosaka takes after Emile Zola. He overcame racism,
to 2003, Hosaka poured out
also a mighty ideology, championing Alfred Dreyfus, a
the inconvenient truth to Japan.
Jew, suspected of being a spy in French society where anti-
Hosaka feels it is his calling to
Semitism was prevalent. Although Zola was convicted by
correct the inaccurate view of
parliament, he continued until his death to strive to unearth
history that Japan takes, saying
▲An old map of Joseon
Dynasty in 1894 proves
thetruthaboutDreyfus’innocence.
“Even though I was born and
Dokdo belongs to Korean
raisedinJapan,Ifeltcalledtodo
Peninsula, which was
unveiledbyYujiHosaka.
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