FILE PHOTO: A police officer stands guard near Japan and South Korea national flags at hotel, where South Korean embassy in Japan is holding the reception to mark the 50th anniversary of normalisation of ties between Seoul and Tokyo, in Tokyo June 22, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent to the South Korean embassy in Japan amid worsening ties between the Asian neighbours, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
Relations between the two countries have been overshadowed by Japan's 1910-1945 colonisation of the Korean peninsula, and recently a dispute over Korean forced labourers spilled into trade and then into security when South Korea scrapped an intelligence sharing pact last month.
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