Japan seizes China fishing boat, arrests captainTOKYO — Japan seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its skipper, authorities said Friday, an incident that could deepen a spat between the Asian giants. It was the first time since 2022 that the Japanese fisheries agency has seized a Chinese fishing boat. China has a number of territorial tussles with Japan, and there have been repeated incidents around the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu in China. The 2010 arrest of another Chinese fishing boat captain off those islands in the East China Sea became a major diplomatic incident. Japan and China have close economic ties, but Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan have sent relations spiraling downwards again.

Source: Philippine Star February 13, 2026 16:42 UTC