Abe meets envoy returning home from Seoul over "comfort women" row

Yasumasa Nagamine (front), Japan's ambassador to South Korea, and Yasuhiro Morimoto, its consul general in Busan, arrive at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017 to meet with Shinzo Abe. Both were recalled home as part of Tokyo's response to the installation of a new statue dedicated to "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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