"Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested the captain for allegedly defying an order to stop for inspection by fisheries authorities in Japan's exclusive maritime economic zone, officials said. While Japan has seized fishing vessels from South Korea and Taiwan in recent years, the incident is the first involving a Chinese vessel since 2022 and could inflame tensions between Tokyo and Beijing, following a bitter diplomatic dispute between the two countries late last year."
"Japan's Fisheries Agency said on Friday that the boat's captain, a 47-year-old Chinese national, was arrested and accused of trying to evade an onboard inspection in waters off Japan's southwest Nagasaki Prefecture on Thursday, 89.4 nautical miles (165km) south-southwest of Meshima Island, the Kyodo News agency reports. The vessel's captain was ordered to stop for an inspection by a fisheries inspector, but the vessel failed to comply and fled, the agency said in a statement."
Japan's Fisheries Agency seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its 47-year-old captain after the vessel allegedly failed to stop for an inspection 89.4 nautical miles south-southwest of Meshima Island off Nagasaki Prefecture. A fisheries inspector ordered the vessel to stop but the vessel fled, prompting a same-day arrest. Ten additional people were aboard. NHK reported the vessel could catch large quantities of mackerel and horse mackerel, and the agency suspects illicit fishing in Japan's exclusive economic zone. The incident is the first Chinese vessel seizure since 2022 and may heighten Tokyo-Beijing tensions amid territorial disputes.
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