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中国漁船の船長の釈放が発表されました。国内外で政府の姿勢への賛否両論がまきあがるのは必至でしょう。仙石官房長官は，早速，記者会見を開き，那覇地裁の判断を「了」とすると発表しました。（UG）
Japan will free fishing captain, whose arrest enraged China
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Japan will free a Chinese fishing captain, whose arrest touched off a diplomatic storm between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's coast guard said Friday.
"We decided to suspend the charges in consideration of the Japan-China relationship," said the Japanese prosecutor in the case.
In China, a neighbor who answered the phone at the captain's house said the family had been told of his being freed and were very happy, but hadn't been told when he would return to Jinjiang city, in the southern province of Fujian.
Japanese officials gave no time frame for freeing the captain, but it could take several days, because of logistics. No further details were immediately available.
The captain was arrested on September 8 off the disputed Diaoyu Islands, in the East China Sea, after his vessel crashed into two Japanese patrol boats. He is accused of obstructing Japanese public officers while they performed duties.
"The Japanese side bears full responsibility for the current situation, and it shall bear all the consequences that arise," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday in New York, as China escalated demands for the captain's release. Wen was in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/japan.captain.freed/index.html?hpt=T1