"Toshiyuki Takano (\u9AD8\u91CE \u7D00\u5143, Takano Toshiyuki, born in 1944) is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany, previously to South Korea (2002\u20132005) and Singapore (2001). 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."@en . "Takano, Toshiyuki"@en . "Japanese diplomat" .