Japan, Russia sign fishing deal despite Ukraine tensions
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Russia struck a deal on Tokyo’s fishing quota to catch salmon and trout born in Russian rivers, Japan’s fisheries company mentioned on Saturday, regardless of worsening ties over the disaster in Ukraine.
With Russo-Japanese relations unravelling, the destiny of annual talks between the 2 governments this yr overshadowed the livelihood of Japanese fishermen in northern areas round disputed islands.
However the two international locations agreed on Japan’s quota of two,050 tons in salmon and trout inside its personal unique financial zone for this yr, the identical degree as final yr, and that Japan would pay charges to Russia between 200 million yen ($1.56 million) and 300 million yen, relying on the precise catch, in line with Japan’s fisheries company.
Annual fishing negotiations kicked off this month with tensions between Tokyo and Moscow simmering.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan imposed a collection of sanctions in opposition to Moscow, expelling a number of diplomats and ending Russia’s most-favoured-nation standing.
In response to Tokyo’s sanctions, Russia, calling its actions in Ukraine a “particular operation,” pulled out of stalled peace talks with Japan and froze joint financial tasks.
($1 = 128.5600 yen)
(Reporting by Ju-min Park and Yoshifumi Takemoto in Tokyo; Modifying by Matthew Lewis)
