Japanese fishing boat, crew return from Russia after detention

The skipper and crew members of a Japanese fishing boat returned home Monday from Russia after a 2-month-long detention for illegal fishing in Russia's exclusive economic waters in the Bering Sea.

The captain of the Gyokuryu Maru from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, told reporters after arriving at Kushiro port in eastern Hokkaido that the crew members have no health problems but declined to comment further. Russian authorities released the boat and the crew after the skipper paid a fine.