South Korean tourism good for disputed island

3,653 views · Published 18 February 2014 · 2:39 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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South Korean tourists are mostly welcomed on a disputed Japanese island, despite some tension.  Competing claims to islands off their coastlines has contributed to rocky relations between Japan and South Korea.  One of those disputed islands is the Japanese island of Tsushima.   Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Tsushuima, Japan.

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