LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Masahisa Sato, Yoshitaka Shindo and Tomomi Inada, lawmakers of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, are surrounded by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 1, 2011. They left for Seoul despite South Korea's decision to ban their entry for planning to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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