US EditionJapan Says It Seized Chinese Vessel Amid Tensions with Beijing
The captain is accused of evading inspection and violating fisheries laws in Japan’s exclusive economic zone where two foreign vessels were seized last year, officials said.
- On Feb 12, Japan's Fisheries Agency seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its skipper inside Japan's exclusive economic zone 89.4 nautical miles SSW of Meshima.
- Skipper ignored an order to stop for an on-board inspection and tried to evade the check, prompting interception and arrest, the Fisheries Agency said.
- There were 11 people aboard including the captain, a 47-year-old Chinese national, and the seized vessel described as a tiger net fishing boat, the Fisheries Agency said.
- Amid strained Japan-China relations after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remarks, Japan's seizure may further fuel tensions with Beijing, which has yet to react.
- Recent steps include returning pandas last month and suspending seafood imports, which may further fuel tensions after the 2010 Chinese fishing boat captain's arrest provoked diplomatic incidents, and Beijing's tightened export controls.
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Japan has detained a Chinese fishing boat and its captain, officials said Friday.
Japan has boarded a Chinese fishing boat sailing inside its exclusive economic zone this Friday and has arrested its captain for allegedly refusing to undergo an inspection, as reported by the Japanese fishing authorities in a statement collected by Kyodo news agency. The incident, the first of its kind since 2022, threatens to add further tension to a very deteriorated bilateral relationship since November last year, after Japanese Prime Minist…
For the first time since 2022, Japanese authorities have established a fishing boat from China, and the captain is said to have tried to escape control, in the context of tense relations between the two countries.
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