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Japan frees Chinese boat in illegal fishing arrest
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The Japanese Coast Guard has released the captain and crew of a Chinese boat who was arrested for illegal fishing southwest of islands claimed by both countries.
Coast Guard official Yasuhiko Oku said the captain and 12 crewmembers of the 100-tonne boat were released on Sunday after the Chinese consulate in Fukuoka guaranteed payment of a 4 million yen (US$44,000) bail.
Oku said that the captain admitted he was inside Japanese exclusive economic waters off Miyako Island on Saturday.
The incident happened about 200 kilometres southwest of Japanese-controlled islands called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. The islands are at the centre of a diplomatic spat between the Asian neighbours.
