http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/japan-china-boat-idUSL4E7M719P20111107TOKYO | Mon Nov 7, 2011 4:48am EST
TOKYO Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat on Sunday for refusing inspection in Japanese territorial waters, in the latest clash between two countries involved in a protracted maritime territorial dispute.
The boat was spotted by the coast guard near Goto islands off Nagasaki in southwestern Japan and asked to stop with commands and signs in Chinese, but the vessel ignored the call, the Nagasaki Coast Guard Office said on Monday.
The incident comes little more than a year after tensions between Japan and China flared up following a detention of a captain of a Chinese trawler that collided with Japanese patrol boats near disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The clash stirred nationalistic frenzy in both countries and severely strained diplomatic relations.