A South Korean coast guard ship has ordered a Japanese coast guard vessel to end a survey it is conducting in Japan's exclusive economic zone off the southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki.
The Japan Coast Guard, or JCG, says the South Korean ship radioed the demand shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday when the Japanese vessel was engaged in a survey about 140 kilometers west of Meshima, an islet in Nagasaki's Goto Islands. The JCG says the waters are within Japan's EEZ.
Business leaders in Japan have met to debate ways to simultaneously kick-start the economy and rein in the coronavirus.
Members of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, say they want to expand testing for the virus. At the same time, they want to streamline immigration procedures to help revive global economic activity.
A Japanese high court has turned down a request to halt two reactors at a nuclear power plant in central Japan.
The Osaka High Court on Thursday dismissed an injunction to suspend operations of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Ohi plant in Fukui Prefecture. The plant is operated by Kansai Electric Power Company.