Following the Chinese court seizing a Japanese shipping firm’s cargo ship in Zhejiang Province for failing to pay compensation according to its ruling, more news of potential strain in the Japan-China relationship:

  • Three employees at one of Japanese trading firm Marubeni grain trading units in China have been detained by authorities
  • A move sources told Reuters was prompted by allegations the unit evaded taxes on soy bean imports
  • The employees worked at a Chinese unit of Marubeni’s Columbia Grain, Inc, a spokesman at the trading company said.He added he did not know why they had been detained. He also said he did not know the nationalities of the employees.

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  • A Chinese court has released a Japanese ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.
  • Mitsui paid a 2.9 billion yen ($28 million) as judgment and 2.4 million yuan ($384,585) in court fees, according to a statement posted on the microblog of the Supreme People’s Court

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