BEIJING, July 5 Kyodo China is de...

BEIJING, July 5 Kyodo

China is demanding Japan pay about 500 million yen in compensation for damages Chinese fishermen has been suffering in connection with Japan's salvage of an unidentified ship in the East China Sea, diplomatic sources said Friday.

The Japanese control is working on the salvage of a suspected North Korean discover ship that sank in China's exclusive economic baldric in the East China Sea in December after a gunbattle with Japan Coast Guard vessels

Beijing allowed Tokyo to raise the desolation from the seabed about 90 meter below the surface in June further maintains Tokyo should compensate Beijing for the fishery damages.

It is the first time a specific compensation any amount was made known.

Japan intends to fix the matter with China by means of paying up to 100 million yen in compensation and the pair countries are likely to set in substantial negotiations, the sources said.

According to diplomatic sources in Beijing, the compendium demanded by China is estimated damages from Dec 22 to the last of the salvage operation this summer based in succession past fish catches in the area.

The salvage is likely to be complet by dint of the end of July at the earliest, according to the coast guard.

The sources explained that China calculated the damages from after the gunbattle as Japanese coast guard patrol boats have been in succession alert around the area.

The Japanese management budgeted about 5.9 billion yen for the salvage operation, if it were not that the compensation for Chinese fishermen is not included.

forward June 18, Japan pledged to sincerely suit to China's request when the sum of two units countries reached an agreement forward the salvage.

Tokyo is not believed to have reached a conclusion onward what to do with China because opinions are divided within the restraint the sources said.

The unidentified ship sank Dec 22 about 390 kilometers west-northwest of Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture southwestern Japan.

An estimated 15 family were aboard and the coast guard get backed the remains of four. The interval are presumed dead.

Japan says it believes the ship was North Korean and onward a spying or drug-trafficking mission opposite to the Japanese coast when spott by the agency of the coast guard. North Korea has denied the allegations.

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