By Ramy Inocencio, for CNN <\/p>\n
updated 5:35 AM EDT, Fri October 25, 2013 <\/p>\n
This disputed islands in the East China Sea are known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. <\/p>\n
STORY HIGHLIGHTS <\/p>\n
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Japan is using YouTube to bolster assertions of ownership over islands also claimed by neighboring China and South Korea. <\/p>\n
Japan's Foreign Ministry published the two videos on its official YouTube channel, under the username MOFAchannel, October 16. <\/p>\n
In one, Tokyo's claim over the Senkaku islands -- known as the Diaoyu islands in China -- are supported through old black-and-white photographs and a timeline of events starting with a document dating back to 1895. <\/p>\n
In the other, similar pictures and a chronology of events starting from 1900 illustrate Japan's claim to the Takeshima islands, known as the Dokdo islands in Korean. <\/p>\n
Both videos have received more than half a million page views since they were published. <\/p>\n
China and South Korea both criticized Japan's social media push. <\/p>\n
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