Taiwan fishing boat sinks after collision with Coast Guard vessel

Tuesday 10th June, 02:00 PM JST

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rjd_jr at 10:13 AM JST - 10th June

Why thepro? As article states clearly the fishing boat was in Japanese waters. Any nation's patrol boats would do the same with intrusion upon its territory.

But clearly the vessel collided with the fishing boat. Act of aggression, won't be too long before the kids in Taiwan protest signs decrying Japanese aggression and war like ambitions. Or something.
Betting at 10:26 AM JST - 10th June

"As article states clearly the fishing boat was in Japanese waters", as ONLY stated by the newspaper. Other than Japan saying this territory belongs Japan, is there any real legal precedent for this?

"Any nation's patrol boats would do the same with intrusion upon its territory", do you really believe this to be true? In Australia (just for example), Indonesian fishing boats often work illegally, they simply catch the boat, intern the crew who are returned home, and fine the captain.

You wonder why people might think Japan is aggressive. I'm sure if any other country (esp. China or America) had done this you'd be the first to call them warmongers.

From the information in the story, it seems that the Japanese boat probably ended up ramming the Taiwanese vessel through overzealousness (I might be wrong drawing that conclusion though).
pathat at 11:23 AM JST - 10th June

"Scraped" instead of "Rammed."
nimbus at 11:24 AM JST - 10th June

This is funny. The Jp Coast Guard boat spotted the Taiwan leisure fishing boat Lienhe. In order to get a better look to confirm its identity, the JP boat got closer and ended up hitting and sinking the Taiwan boat. I guess this saves the Jp Coast Guard boat time from having to board the Taiwan boat.
superesonator at 12:09 PM JST - 10th June

The territory is disputed. "Administered by Japan" is a rather cheeky way of putting it.

The fishing boat "collided with" the Coast guard ship.

Little things don't "collide with" great big things. They splatter against, or are "crushed by".

The Japanese vessel "scraped it ... while confirming its identity"

Save it for the insurance company... it is obvious that this boat was rammed and sunk, through negligence or intent.
timorborder at 12:48 PM JST - 10th June

Good to hear there were no deaths in this case. Based on previous incidents (Japanese fishing boats running from the Russians, Korean fishing boats running from the Japanese, Indonesian fishing boats running from the Australians, etc.), boats that fish in disputed waters often do crazy things once discovered. For this reason, I am inclined to believe the Japanese version of events until told otherwise.
ihope2eatwhales at 01:02 PM JST - 10th June

This could be the very useful tactic for Japan to deal with aggression against whaling vessels in international waters. I believe this year they will be escorted by the Coast Guard vessel.
Hughgarse at 01:20 PM JST - 10th June

scraped it

hahaha. now there`s a downplay if ever I saw one.. some scrape. Possibly a scrape at 40knots maybe.
Nessie at 02:25 PM JST - 10th June

If only the Taiwanese ship had had a bumper sticker: "If you can read this, you're too close."
Nessie at 02:27 PM JST - 10th June

"Administered by Japan" is a rather cheeky way of putting it.

Super, the translation's thrown you off. The Japanese word for "administering" is the same as for "ramming."
zanza123 at 02:41 PM JST - 10th June

No, he is talking about the area, not about what actions occurred.
yasaxikoo at 04:23 PM JST - 10th June

stupid !if ya are not sure that they can come back safely,dunt send them so far,if ya wanna eat fishes ,i gonna take it for ya!
unscrejects at 08:43 PM JST - 10th June

First Mate Tanaka aka "Little Buddy" aka "Gilligan" was on lookout. And Captain Watanabe aka "Skipper" was on the bridge. Come on folks, how much do you expect them to do on a three hour cruise?

Last week they seized a Korean boat - in Korean waters!!! Gilli
logancross at 11:56 PM JST - 10th June

Actually, while a lot could be read into this, boating can be pretty difficult, to use this case as an example, if you have to side up next to another boat to communicate across the decks, it seems pretty likely that choppy waters can push one craft into another. If you ever tried to dock a boat, you know what I mean.
teck at 12:00 AM JST - 11th June

Well, when Atago collided with a fishing vessel, they fired the chief of staff for JMSDF, and held an investigation into the cause of collision. Let's hope they are fair and hold an investigation into this collision to ascertain how it can be that a coast guard ship (the ones they have at the Senkaku are the big cutters, similar in size to navy frigates with helicopter decks) with trained watchkeepers can hit someone else? How close must they get to ascertain identity? Don't they have searchlight/spotlights powerful enough to shine and see at a distance?