S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan with two other fellow LDP lawmakers from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets. (Kyodo)

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