Japan and Taiwan failed to reach a deal in their second joint fisheries panel meeting Thursday on an order covering waters off the disputed Senkaku Islands long controlled by Japan in the East China Sea, officials of both sides said.
Both sides will continue talks on establishing a fishing order that covers the waters, with the annual tuna season set to start there around April, they said.
Under a bilateral deal signed in April, Japan and Taiwan are to designate an area in Japan's exclusive economic zone as jointly managed waters where reciprocal fishing is allowed.
Thursday's meeting was attended by officials of Taiwan's Association for East Asian Relations and Japan's Interchange Association, the de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal relations.
Japan made the concession to Taiwan to prevent it from teaming up with China on the Senkakus. Taiwan calls the isles Tiaoyutai.