TOKYO: The Japanese coast guard says its patrol boats have been pushing back hundreds of North Korean boats attempting to poach in fishing grounds rich with squid off Japan’s northern coast.
Coast Guard officials said in a statement yesterday that they had forced more than 300 North Korean boats out of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, located near Yamatotai, since May.
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