the takeshima island visit angered many japanese and inflamed emotions in south korea. >>> as japanese politicians try to repair relations with their counterparts, a legal case is presenting yet another challenge. a chinese man accused of committing a crime in tokyo has returned home after a south korean court denied an extradition request by japan. the man is suspected of setting a fire at a shrine. he served a ten-month prison sentence in south korea in connection with another case. he threw molotov cocktails at the japanese embassy in seoul in january of last year. authorities in japan believe he set fire to a gate at the shrine in 2011. the shrine honors war dead, including convicted japanese war criminals. the authority demanded extradition based on a bilateral treaty. a south korean court rejected the question. they ruled that he is exempt from the extradition treaty based that he committed the crime on political views and noted he considers the shrine a symbol of japan's justification for its past colonial wars and not merely a religious facility. prime minister abe's envoy prot