WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, according to Japan's Kyodo News reported, Muto Masatoshi, the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, resigned on the 20th and returned to Japan from Korea, the departure of the day, South Korean Foreign Minister executives to the airport to bid farewell.
According to reports, Muto, a former senior diplomat is the first in the Foreign Ministry, served as ambassador to South Korean Seminar. Ambassador took office in August 2010, after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March last year, South Korea has provided substantial assistance to the good relationship between Japan and South Korea. However, related to the comfort women issue, Japan and South Korea summit in December last year after the deterioration of relations between the two countries. August this year, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, boarded the Japanese and Korean disputed islands (South Korea called the Dokdo Takeshima in Japan called), the Government of Japan to protest temporary recall Muto.
Muto return to South Korea in protest on the territorial issue at the same time appeal to prevent expand their influence to the economic and cultural aspects. The next ambassador the former Foreign consideration official Bessho ho Lang to his new post later this month.
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