(1)Boat returns after fishing near disputed Okinotori Island

(1)Boat returns after fishing near disputed Okinotori Island

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese fishing boat heads home from waters near Okinotori Island, some 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo, on April 19 after operating in the area to assert it is in Japan's exclusive economic zone, though China says otherwise. The fishing operations in the waters near the uninhabited island were in response to a request by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.

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