TAIPEI: Taiwan summoned Japan’s representative on Friday to protest its seizure of one of the island’s fishing boats in an area where Tokyo claims exclusive rights.

The 50-ton Taiwanese boat was chased for hours by a Japanese vessel and finally seized earlier this week, some 150 nautical miles from Okinotori-shima, an atoll administered by Japan.

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