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Japan's ex-envoy to S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2012. Muto, who dealt with bilateral tension over a territorial dispute in the summer of the year, called for a "mature relationship between adults" in which bilateral cooperation can be advanced where possible.

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho arrives at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (C) meets the press upon his arrival at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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Japanese painter Oka's exhibition in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese painter Nobutaka Oka (L) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto chat at an exhibition of Oka's works portraying sceneries at the Korean court, in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2012, its opening day.

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Japan's envoy back in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto answers reporters' questions at Seoul's Kimpo airport after returning from Japan on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan decided to send the envoy back to Seoul following his temporary withdrawal earlier in August in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit to a disputed isle in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, to brief Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said after the briefing that Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, after he was briefed by Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, after he was briefed by Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (R) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Seoul on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto departs from Seoul's Kimpo airport for Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto is surrounded by reporters before leaving Seoul's Kimpo airport for Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan envoy to S. Korea returns to Tokyo over isle visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto departs from Seoul's Kimpo airport for Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Japan called the envoy home temporarily in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Park Suk Hwan (R) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto shake hands at a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011, to hand over to South Korea from Japan more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives. The documents were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Japan-China-S. Korea cooperation secretariat

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (far L) and South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (2nd from L) clap hands together with other delegates of Japan, China or South Korea at the opening ceremony of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat in Seoul on Sept. 27, 2011. The secretariat has been established for the efficient promotion and management of cooperative projects among the three countries.

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S. Korean students write to Japanese children

SEOUL, South Korea - Chae Pa Da (L), a poet from Cheju Island in South Korea, hands some of the 13,000 encouraging letters from primary and secondary school students on the island addressed to children affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto during a ceremony in Seoul on April 13, 2011. The letter writing drive was started by Chae's call and carried out by a local education bureau.

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S. Korea slams Japan's approval of textbooks making claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) summons Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (L) to lodge a protest over Tokyo's approval of textbooks containing territorial claims to South Korean-controlled islets that lie halfway between the two countries.

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Moment of silence in S. Korea for Japan quake victims

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) observes a moment of silence for the victims of the massive earthquake in northeastern Japan at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 18, 2011, a week after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake. On the right is Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto.

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New Japanese Ambassador to S. Korea Masatoshi Muto

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Masatoshi Muto, new Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, dated Aug. 12, 2010.

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Japan, Kuwait to speed up talks on taxation treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L in back) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R in back) look on as Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah (L) and Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait Masatoshi Muto (R) sign documents at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 28.

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Japan, Kuwait to speed up talks on taxation treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L in back) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R in back) look on as Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah (L) and Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait Masatoshi Muto (R) sign documents at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 28. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China-S. Korea cooperation secretariat

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (far L) and South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (2nd from L) clap hands together with other delegates of Japan, China or South Korea at the opening ceremony of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat in Seoul on Sept. 27, 2011. The secretariat has been established for the efficient promotion and management of cooperative projects among the three countries. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean students write to Japanese children

SEOUL, South Korea - Chae Pa Da (L), a poet from Cheju Island in South Korea, hands some of the 13,000 encouraging letters from primary and secondary school students on the island addressed to children affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto during a ceremony in Seoul on April 13, 2011. The letter writing drive was started by Chae's call and carried out by a local education bureau. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea slams Japan's approval of textbooks making claim to isle

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) summons Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto (L) to lodge a protest over Tokyo's approval of textbooks containing territorial claims to South Korean-controlled islets that lie halfway between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Moment of silence in S. Korea for Japan quake victims

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) observes a moment of silence for the victims of the massive earthquake in northeastern Japan at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 18, 2011, a week after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake. On the right is Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Park Suk Hwan (R) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto shake hands at a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011, to hand over to South Korea from Japan more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives. The documents were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo)