Fishing boat collision accident `` North Korea's compensation request not accepted '' Secretary of the Secretary Oct. 15 11:32

In the press conference, the secretary of the secretary said that North Korea requested compensation from the Japanese side and prevention of recurrence in a collision between the Fisheries Agency fishing boat and the North Korean fishing boat. Revealed protests through diplomatic routes.

North Korea responded for the first time on the 12th of this month regarding an accident involving a collision between the Fisheries Agency's fisheries enforcement boat and a North Korean fishing boat within Japan's exclusive economic zone off the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. "We threatened" and demanded compensation and prevention of recurrence from the Japanese side.

Regarding this, Secretary of the Secretary of the Secretariat said at the press conference after the cabinet meeting that “the announcement by the North Korean side is not accepted at all” and promptly protested to the North through the embassy route in Beijing Did.

In addition, it is said that we are still considering the timing of the release of video images of the accident.