Japanese fishing boat captured off Kamchatka

The Russian border guard captured a Japanese fishing boat from Toyama Prefecture in waters east of the Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday, Japan's consulate general in Vladivostok said Saturday.

The Hoshin Maru No. 88, with 16 crew members and the captain, is now being taken to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy on the peninsula on suspicion of illegal operations, according to the consulate general and a local report. It will arrive there Sunday.