Dietmen view video of Senkaku collision

The Japanese Diet today saw the video taken by the coast guard of the collision. see, http://www.asahi.com/politics/update/1101/TKY201011010172.html

At least the first collision at 10.15am seems to be a deliberate "attack" act. The Japanese Yonakuni (1350t) is nearly 10 times the size of the Chinese fisher (166t). Damage taken by the Yonakuni is to the aft of the boat belie a Japanese "attack" on the fisherboat (Bin Pu Yu, I think).

The second collision is harder to say, as the Fishermen were clearly running home with a Japanese boat in pursuit. There is a chance that Japanese boat "Mizuki" tried to cut off the BinPuyu. Again, the marking suggest differently (drag in wrong direction) but I am not a forensic analyst. It is likely however that the Binpuyu could have either steered to avoid or simply decelerated to avoid the collision.

The 11 hours wait between stopping the boat and arresting the captain also suggest that the MOFA were involved, as initially thought. The decision potentially an act of Maehara Seiji.

The location of the collisions is also revealing, as is the site of the formal arrest. The decisions here suggest that Japan clearly thought it had authority although see, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/09/30/china-japan-trawler-incident-japans-unwise-and-borderline-illegal-detention-of-the-chinese-skipper/