Chinese boat detained for illegal fishing in Japan
By , on January 25th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan has detained a Chinese fishing boat and eight crew members for illegal fishing around southwestern Japan. The incident is not likely to spark a dispute as it didn’t occur in contested waters, but it comes as tensions have been rising over an island dispute that has raised fears of an armed confrontation between Beijing and Tokyo. The fishing boat was detained Thursday off Nagasaki prefecture, hundreds of kilometres away from the disputed islands, known as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Chinese boat detained for illegal fishing in Japan
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan has detained a Chinese fishing boat and eight crew members for illegal fishing around southwestern Japan. The incident is not likely to spark a dispute as it didn’t occur in contested waters, but it comes as tensions have been rising over an island dispute that has raised fears of an armed confrontation between Beijing and Tokyo. The fishing boat was detained Thursday off Nagasaki prefecture, hundreds of kilometres away from the disputed islands, known as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Chinese boat detained for illegal fishing in Japan
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