Tokyo outraged after Russians fire on Japanese fishing vessel

this happened a few hours ago, russians fired on japanese crabbing vessels in disputed waters, causing 1 death of a japanese fisherman from a stray bullet... those waters have been claimed by both countries for many years starting with the russo-japan war in the late 1800's...news story here

these are the islands that they are still disputed over by the way...
my question is... "isn't the ocean international waters? and why haven't both sides sign the WWII peace agreement?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEZ

Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. It stretches from the seaward edge of the state's territorial sea out to 200 nautical miles from its coast. In casual use, the term may include the territorial sea and even the continental shelf beyond the 200 mile limit.

oh... ok, so 200 miles from the coast is national waters and they have the right to defend it.

Replying to #3

You're an idiot. What he's saying is that this area falls under that definition of both countries.

Heh, good ol' russkies~
There always are problems with them, it seems...

Russians are very sneaky...

or just stupid...
at least every one I met at High school were freaking violent crazy drunk addicts who come to school for a fight nothing more(sorry if this hurt some one)

Replying to #7

Seems like the stereo typical sort but not all are like that.Any reason why they fired on a fishing vessel?

Probably because the fishing vessel refused to leave and then it just started escalating. Just another border dispute. Nothing special here. I do love Russian accents though.

oh russians
just search "the russian" and see the answer

Question, if their is a foreign war vessel inside your territorial water. can you classify it as an act of aggression and declare war due to it?

Replying to #11

Excuse the choice of quote but...

Suiseiseki · #4You're an idiot. What he's saying is that this area falls under that definition of both countries.

Shared water...hard to guess.

NeoStriker · #9Probably because the fishing vessel refused to leave and then it just started escalating. Just another border dispute. Nothing special here. I do love Russian accents though.

WTF didn't they want to leave...and for that matter if the water is shared, why were the russians wanting them to leave?Sounds stupid...or there is something we don't know about the fishing vessel...[me=hYpNoS]suspects something fishy[/me]

Replying to #12

but what?

mds64 · #12Excuse the choice of quote but...Shared water...hard to guess.WTF didn't they want to leave...and for that matter if the water is shared, why were the russians wanting them to leave?Sounds stupid...or there is something we don't know about the fishing vessel...[me=hYpNoS]suspects something fishy[/me]

Maybe they weren't sharing and were both claiming that area was theirs.

"Disputed". Meaning they're bitching about who owns it. Meaning they all think it belongs to themselves, not to the other.

Replying to #15

when I grow up, I want to take the islands