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  • 14 years ago
Japan is recalling its ambassador in Seoul in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit to a group of disputed islands.

Both claim the islands, which are roughly equidistant from the two countries. Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane explains.
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