Japan urges calm over sinking of Taiwan boat
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Japan has called for calm in a row over the sinking of a Taiwanese fishing boat which collided with a Japanese patrol ship near disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Tokyo says it is "very regrettable" that a protest boat, along with nine patrol ships from Taiwan, had entered Japanese territorial waters to protest against the sinking of the vessel last week.
Local media says it is the first time foreign patrol boats have entered Japanese waters to accompany a protest ship.
Japan administers the disputed chain, known as the Senkaku in Japanese and the Diaoyu in Chinese, which is also claimed by Taipei and Beijing.
