Japan arrests China boat fishermen

                            

strong BEIJING, KOMPAS.com - A Chinese fishing boat Japanese coastguard arrested on suspicion of violating Japanese waters.

ship was arrested on Saturday (12/29/2012) near Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, as reported by Xinhua news agency , citing the Chinese consulate in Fukuoka, Japan.

Xinhua reports that the ship's captain admitted had entered Japanese waters.

incident occurred a few months after the anti-Japanese protests in Chinese cities the dispute islands near Taiwan.

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captain and two crew members were taken to Kagoshima for questioning while the other fishermen remain in the boats that leave from Fujian province in southeast China.

A Chinese consular officials reported to have been sent to Kagoshima to visit the fishermen.

Relations between Japan and China tightened after the seizure of the islands, known as Diaoyu by China and Japan calls the Senkaku.

Japan controls the islands are also claimed by Taiwan.

islands are a struggle because it is located in a strategic shipping lane. Waters of this region is also rich in various types of fish and are believed to contain vast oil reserves.