Japan Approves Whitewash History Textbook Japanese Textbooks to Repeat Dokdo Claim Board Showing Dokdo as Korean Territory Found in Japan Korea Gets Boost from Japanese Dokdo Papers Japanese Ordinance Excludes Dokdo from Territory Japan Must Give Up False Claims to Dokdo Coast Guard Moots Dokdo Forward Base Japan Plans Wide-Ranging Underwater Survey Japan Denies Excluding Dokdo in Newly Found Papers

The Foreign Ministry on Sunday said it launched a "vehement protest" against the pages, titled "10 points for understanding Takeshima" -- the Japanese name for the islets -- "and asked for them to be deleted."

The ministry said the protest was prompted by the new availability of the material in 10 languages, up from three.

The Korean government has launched a PR counteroffensive with publications like "The Truth of Dokdo" through diplomatic missions overseas. The Foreign Ministry is publicizing Dokdo as Korea's territory in 10 languages on its own website.

(englishnews@chosun.com )