TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors on Friday said they have formally decided to drop their case against a Chinese captain whose fishing boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, an incident that caused a deep diplomatic rift between the two Asian neighbors.
Prosecutors also will not indict a former Japanese coast guard officer who admitted having leaked a video of the collision on YouTube, an official in the prosecutors' office in Okinawa said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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