Japan, Korea, and the Takeshima Secret Pact: Territorial Conflict and the Formation of the Postwar East Asian Order（英文版『竹島密約』）

“A solution without a solution.” In 1965, a secret pact concluded between the leaders of Japan and South Korea quietly shelved the territorial dispute over the island of Takeshima (Dokdo), setting the course for normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Several well-known figures were active in the complex and convoluted political maneuvering and backroom negotiations that helped bring the pact to fruition. For the first time ever, this bookincluding personal accounts from those who were directly involvedreveals the painstaking work behind the scenes to mend the fraught relationship between Japan and South Korea by conceiving the most subtle of solutions. And yet the pact and all that it achieved would mysteriously be erased from history. How and why did this happen? Winner of the Asia Pacific Award, Japan, Korea, and the Takeshima Secret Pact is a fascinating look into the intricate process of mending diplomatic relations and the small island that was the center of it all.

「解決せざるをもって、解決したとみなす」。1965年、竹島（独島）問題を棚上げする密約が河野一郎国務大臣と丁一権総理の間で交わされた。交渉に関わった岸信介・池田勇人・佐藤栄作、李承晩・朴正煕の日韓両国の歴代政権、その裏で動いた大野伴睦、河野一郎、矢次一夫、児玉誉士夫、金鍾泌らフィクサーたちの動向を捉え、密約に至った全プロセスをたどる。そして金泳三政権以降、密約が反故にされた理由とは？アジア・太平洋賞大賞の力作ドキュメント！