About Toshiyuki Takano
Born 1944. Toshiyuki Takano is a Japanese diplomat and politician.
is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany, previously to South Korea (2002–2005) and Singapore. 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.
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Japanese diplomat
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Toshiyuki Takano was born in 1944 in Japan.
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