Checkups continue aboard Coast Guard boat

Checkups continue aboard Coast Guard boat

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials continue their check aboard the patrol boat Inasa at Kagoshima port Dec. 25. The Inasa was one of four Japanese vessels that pursued and exchanged fire with an unidentified ship in the East China Sea on Dec. 22.

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