Asia 865
740 JAPAN/850 INDONESIAMID#2894
Dispute Number: 2894
Date(s): November 17, 1963
Participants: 850 Indonesia/740 Japan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Indonesia seized a Japanese fishing boat near Indonesia’s Halmahera
Island.
MID#2914
Dispute Number: 2914
Date(s): January 12, 1965 to February 16, 1965
Participants: 850 Indonesia/740 Japan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Indonesia seized two Japanese fishing boats and their 34 crew members
for allegedly fishing illegally 30 miles off the Borneo coast. No details of their release
could be found.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from January 11, 1965. End Date changed from
January 14, 1965.
740 JAPAN/900 AUSTRALIA
MID#258
Started in March 1939. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/290 Poland dyad dispute
list.
740 JAPAN/910 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MID#2748
Dispute Number: 2748
Date(s): November 7, 1988
Participants: 910 Papua New Guinea/740 Japan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Papua New Guinea seized a Japanese fishing boat and made the Japanese
captain pay a fine. The seizure occurred among more general disagreements over
Japanese access to lucrative fishing areas.