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North Korea and the Fisheries Agency ship clash

2019-10-11T12:32:21.761Z


Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 11th that the video of the scene of the accident was being “examined in the direction of public disclosure” over an accident involving a collision between a North Korean fishing boat and a fisheries management vessel of the Fisheries Agency. It was. The government will open as early as next week ...


Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 11th that the video of the scene of the accident was being “examined in the direction of public disclosure” over an accident involving a collision between a North Korean fishing boat and a fisheries management vessel of the Fisheries Agency. It was. The government wants to release it as early as next week.

According to a government official, the video is about 4 hours long and the Fisheries Agency is working on the editing. At the press conference on the same day, Secretary General Yiwei Sung talked about the content of the video only as “a photograph of the scene of the collision” and repeatedly emphasized that it was released from the perspective of “promoting public understanding and public interest”.

[Video] North Korean fishing boat confirmed in the waters around Yamatoko, June 2019 = Photo taken by the Japan Coast Guard

Regarding the video, Akihiro Nishimura, Deputy Director General Akihiro Nishimura, who had a meeting on the 9th, was negative, saying, “There is also an impact on future investigations, and no announcement is expected”. Tsuji explained that the reason for the change to public was "the impact on the investigation was limited". One of the executives said, “I don't want to think I ’m hiding something.” The content of the video can be determined that there is no problem with the handling of the ship on the Japanese side, and it has been determined that there is no fear of being used by the North.

Along with criticism from the Liberal Democratic Party, "Why did you return without listening to the situation from the crew of the fishing boat?"

What is asked about the release of the video is ...

Source: asahi

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