On July 14, 2008 (June 12, 2008 in the lunar calendar), a large number of South Koreans held national flags in Dokdo to protest. On July 14, 2008, a large number of South Koreans held national flags in protest in Dokdo (known as "Takeshima" in Japan). South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman Moon Tae-soo issued a statement on the same day, strongly protesting Japan's description of Dokdo (called "Takeshima" in Japan) as Japanese territory in the middle school textbook instruction manual released on the same day, and demanding that Japan immediately amend the relevant content. South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will take two diplomatic measures: recalling South Korea's ambassador to Japan and summoning Japan's ambassador to South Korea to express a strong protest to the Japanese government on this issue. Comment: The Japanese people's education is too "advanced". They educate the next generation that it is not their own.