Toshiyuki Takano

Toshiyuki Takano (高野 紀元, Takano Toshiyuki, born in 1944) is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany,[1] previously to South Korea (2002–2005)[2] and Singapore (2001).[3] In February 2005 he sparked a controversy in South Korea when he stated that the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan, currently under South Korean administration, "historically and legally" belong to Japan.[4]

See also
  • List of Ambassadors from Japan to South Korea

References
  1. "New Japanese envoys to Germany, EU named". Kyodo News. September 6, 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. "Japan to appoint Toshiyuki Takano as ambassador to S. Korea". Kyodo News. November 14, 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. "Former Ambassadors and Consul-Generals". Embassy of Japan in Singapore. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  4. "S Korea calls for Japan apology", BBC NEWS, 1 March 2005.


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