71.   Russia regularly seizes Japanese ships in the area, which both Moscow and Tokyo consider their exclusive economic zone.

72.   Sinnott also said that Canadian law allowed for its coast guards to seize a ship in international waters.

73.   The effort notably comes after Israel seized a ship laden with weapons and explosives in the Red Sea earlier this month.

74.   The paper said protest ships would be seized as soon as they entered Japanese territorial waters.

75.   The officials initially wanted to arrest Captain Ulf Birgander, seize the ship and subject everyone on board to inspection, interpreter Ning Miclat disclosed.