1.   Japanese fishing villages have long prevented overfishing in local waters by using versions of harbor gangs.

2.   A deep-sea robot has found the wreckage of a Japanese fishing vessel that sank when a Navy attack submarine tore through it while surfacing, Navy officials said Saturday.

3.   A number of Japanese fishing boats have been fired upon by Russian patrol boats in recent years.

4.   A Navy investigator praised the crew of the USS Greeneville on Thursday for its rescue efforts after the submarine struck a Japanese fishing boat.

5.   A Russian coast guard ship fired machine-gun warning shots near the disputed Kuril Islands to keep three Japanese fishing boats away, a news agency reported Tuesday.

6.   Australia banned Japanese fishing in its waters in January after discussions on the tuna quota collapsed.

7.   Definite terms for Japanese fishing in the waters will be determined through negotiations between the Russian Fisheries Ministry and the Japanese salmon fisheries organization.

8.   Kim declined to say if the navy initially believed the Japanese fishing boat to be the mother ship.

9.   Russia and Japan begun formal talks on Monday about making Japanese fishing near the disputed islands off Hokkaido safer, officials said.

10.   Russian authorities fined the captains of two Japanese fishing boats for falsifying figures on catches near the disputed Kuril Islands, the Federal Border Service said Monday.