Japan seized the necessary documents from the Russian fishing vessel in the sea, which faced the Japanese schooner near Hokkaido Island at the end of May. This was reported at the Russian consulate in Sapporo, RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that Japan appealed to compensate for damage to the civil court of Asahikawa. The court decided to remove documents from the Russian vessel as a guarantee of pledge.
June 2 became known that Tokyo sent Moscow protest due to the detention of the Japanese vessel by Russian border guards. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country found that the Russian border service allegedly detained Japanese fishermen in the exclusive economic zone of Japan. Earlier on the same day it was reported that the Russian fishing vessel “Amur” was detained in Japan as a collateral of the injured party.
On May 26, the Russian trade ship “Amur” and the Japanese fishing vessel “Dai Hati Hokko-Maru” collided off the coast of Hokkaido. As a result of five Japanese sailors, the Russian crew saved, three wounded died. The Japanese side conducts an investigation in connection with the incident, the captain of the Russian vessel attracted to the proceedings.