Tsushima Island
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Tsushima Island (対馬, Tsushima) is a Japanese island in the waters between South Korea and Japan.[1]
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Beginning in the early 6th century, the island was a province of Japan, It was called Tsushima Province. In the Meiji period, the island and the province became part of Nagasaki Prefecture.[2]
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- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tsushima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1002; US Department of State, "Limits in the Seas, No. 121; Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea," p. 23; retrieved 2012-9-4.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and Prefectures" at p. 780.
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