Japan's new defense white paper has again... wrongly labeled South Korea's easternmost islands of Dokdo... as Japanese territory for the 15th consecutive year.<br />The document, adopted Friday,... also mentions for the first time the possibility of dispatching fighter jets to the airspace above Dokdo in case of a conflict.<br />In response, Seoul's Foreign Ministry strongly protested Tokyo's wrongful claim,... urging Japan to acknowledge that this does nothing at all to help the two countries' relationship.<br />Earlier this afternoon,... the Foreign Ministry summoned a senior diplomat from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to lodge a formal protest.<br />South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff also summoned the Japanese military attache this afternoon.<br />
