Japan arrests captain of Chinese fishing boat: report

[ChineseTiger1986]

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TOKYO — Japan's coastguard on Sunday arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that allegedly intruded into Japanese territorial waters, a report said.

The 47-year-old captain was arrested on charges of violating fishing laws in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Jiji Press said, citing the coastguard.

The coastguard's regional headquarters in the city of Nagasaki said its patrol ship spotted two Chinese fishing boats in waters close to the Goto Islands, off Japan's southwestern coast, the report said.

After the two vessels rejected its order to stop for on-board inspections, the patrol ship chased one of the two for nearly four-and-a-half-hours.

Japan-China relations plunged to their lowest level in years in September 2010 when a Chinese trawler rammed two Japanese coastguard patrol boats near disputed islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

The coastguard arrested the Chinese boat's captain and held him for 14 days.

China reacted with fury, issuing protests, scrapping meetings and cultural events in a diplomatic offensive that continued after Japan freed the captain while nationalist sentiment sparked street protests in both countries.

Earlier this year the two countries agreed to improve ties following the incident.

But in September Japan's new Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba voiced concern over China's growing naval power and its activities near the disputed islands.

The territorial row intensified in August after Japan protested to Beijing over the entry of Chinese fishery patrol boats into waters near the islands.

The string of five small islands lies between Japan's far-southern Okinawa island and Taiwan in an area believed to hold seabed oil deposits.

Controlled by Tokyo, but also long claimed by Beijing and Taipei, the uninhabited islands have often sparked regional tensions.

AFP: Japan arrests captain of Chinese fishing boat: report

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It looks that Japan will soon get bad karma again.

[Huan]

China should set a strong example on that island nation.

[ChineseTiger1986]

China should set a strong example on that island nation.

Their brain simply gets stuck right now, and they don't realize how China will be the motherland that will babysit them in the future.

Without China, Asia would have no backbone.

[somebozo]

These are usual incidents no need to make a big deal out of them..

[Roybot]

When you are asked to stop by the coast guard you stop, not try to outrun then.

[Bl[i]tZ]

INS Airavat of Indian navy is confronted by a Chinese warship in the Vietnamese waters (South China Sea). Airavat ignores the warning and continues on course.

Japanese cost guard asks Chinese fishing boat to stop for violating its waters. Chinese boat runs and gets caught.

China cuts cables of Vietnam, Vietnamese boats slams into Chinese surveillance ship.

China has stirred up too much trouble than it can handle.

[manojb]

chinese mighty egos being hurt at many places!
chinamen blame west/us being bully .. what you r doing no less!
live and let live..

[Bhairava]

Without China, Asia would have no backbone.

Are you the one in the profile picture ?...because you talk like one.

[LetsGetRowdy]

Are you the one in the profile picture ?...because you talk like one.

he talks like a rabbit-tiger? i don't get your indian humor.

and what he said was true. other than china, name one other country in asia that has the potential to take on the US and at the same time symbolize the strength of asia. i know you can't.

[LetsGetRowdy]

double post

[Bhairava]

he talks like a rabbit-tiger? i don't get your indian humor.

and what he said was true. other than china, name one other country in asia that has the potential to take on the US and at the same time symbolize the strength of asia. i know you can't.

Why do one need to take on US to symbolize the strength ? Pretty useless metric and also shows the inferiority complex of the Chinese when they feel the need to measure their d*** against those of the US.

[QDNDVN]

Their brain simply gets stuck right now, and they don't realize how China will be the motherland that will babysit them in the future.

Without China, Asia would have no backbone.

Without China Asia would peaceful and with China all Asia countries are concern, without China all neighbor will not feels the chaos.

What China does for Asia? Don't tell me its protecting Asia while China still has alot of problems to solve.

[LetsGetRowdy]

Why do one need to take on US to symbolize the strength ? Pretty useless metric and also shows the inferiority complex of the Chinese when they feel the need to measure their d*** against those of the US.

at least we have dicks. indians lost their dicks 2 centuries ago to the british colonizers. men with no dicks have no backbone, which is why india can not be the backbone of asia.

[QDNDVN]

so many bad news for chinese in 1 day.first viets ramming and now Japanese arresting one. I dont understand how dumb chinese strategists are that they revealed their intentions much before they were actually prepared to do a Germany in Asia. Now whole asia will gang up against them .

I agreed, SEA needs an Alphe Wolf to combined the pack and dare with Dragon.[even unreal Dragon, and Dragon doesn't exist]

[ChineseTiger1986]

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Without China Asia would peaceful and with China all Asia countries are concern, without China all neighbor will not feels the chaos.

What China does for Asia? Don't tell me its protecting Asia while China still has alot of problems to solve.

Without China, you guys would be the free meal for US.

Without China, US wouldn't need to pledge to you Vietcong, but they can squash you just like they did in Libya.

Except China, the rest of nations are all too strategically short sighted to deal with Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam simply owns you guys like a bunch of toddlers.