Everyday I hear the news about "Takeshima" on TV. When I watch the news about "Takeshima" on TV everyday, it seems like both countries won't give up in their says. When I turned on TV few minutes ago, "Takeshima problem" was on the news so I stopped what I was doing and watched it. On the news, it showed Korean tourists going to Takeshima. I watched it with a complicated feelings. If I never had any experience living in Korea, I would without doubt agree with what the Japanese government. Although it was a short term living in Korea, I was able to learn and understand Korea and Koreans directly. So more the mass media makes this "Takeshima problem" bigger, I watch it with a very complicated feelings. I have many Korean friends whom I still continue to keep in touch by e-mails. Fortunately, they are very nice people and they write e-mails to me as if nothing is going on between the 2 countries. I don't know how to explain it in words but there are many people both in Korea and in Japan who has complicated feelings concerning this big problem between the 2 countries. And I'm one of them,too. Since I'm Japanese, I admit that I agree with the Japanese government. But that doesn't stop me from being friends with Koreans or Japanese living in Korea either. What I hope deeply is that these 2 countries find a friendly and agreeable answers to this problem soon!