TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki Pref. -- A small fishing boat from South Korea sat tied to a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat last week at Izuhara port in the Tsushima Islands.
The patrol vessel Akigumo had three remarkable holes in its side, resulting from the 149-ton ship repeatedly banging into the 10-ton South Korean boat in a desperate chase Wednesday that started on the edge of Japan's exclusive economic zone north of Tsushima, according to coast guard officials.
The chase, which lasted for 90 minutes, ended when two coast guard officials managed to jump onto the boat and arrested the captain on suspicion of trespassing and fishing in the zone.