韩日岛争与美国的态度

Island Dispute between Japan and South Korea as well as the U.S.Attitude

直到19世纪70年代,日本官方在各种文件中仍承认独岛为韩国的领土。20世纪初,日本军国主义在发动大规模侵略战争期间强行将独岛划归日本所有(日本称"竹岛")。二战结束后,朴正熙执政期间,由日方提出的独岛归属问题成为韩日双方争论的焦点。整个冷战期间,由于韩日两国都是美国的重要盟国,每当韩日两国出现岛争问题时,美国表面上总是持中立态度,实际上存在着听信日本一面之词而混淆是非的问题。韩日岛争的问题不只是领土归属问题,也是一个是历史认识问题。同时,韩日岛争不仅是韩日两国间的问题,也应该加上美国因素,在东北亚国际关系的框架下考察这一历史遗留问题才是恰当的。美国作为调解者,理应选择历史上独岛主权归属韩国的立场,客观公正地解决韩日两国之间的岛争。

Japan had admitted that Dokdo belonged to Korea in various official documents until the 1870s. How- ever, in the early 20th century, Japanese militarism forcibly placed Dokdo into Japanese territory as ＂Takeshima＂ in a large-scale war of aggression. After World War II, under the government of Park Chung-hee, the ownership of Dokdo became a focus of debate between Korea and Japan. Throughout the Cold War, the United States kept a neutral stand seemingly whenever the island dispute appeared between South Korea and Japan, as the two of them were important U.S. allies by then; while in fact, it believed what Japan said one-sidedly that confused right and wrong. The island dispute between South Korea and Japan was not simply a territorial attribution but the understanding of history. Meanwhile, the island dispute was not simply the problem between South Korea and Japan, the U.S. should be taken into account; and it is proper only when the historical issue is taken into account under the framework of international relations in Northeast Asia. The U.S., as a mediator, should keep a standpoint that Dokdo belongs to Korea in history, and resolve the island dispute between South Korea and Japan objectively and fairly.