Recalled Japan ambassador heads back to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport before leaving for Seoul to return to his post on April 4, 2017. Nagamine was recalled in January in protest at the erection of a statue in Busan symbolizing Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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