Tokyo warned the United States that its move to exclude Japanese ships from American ports - a sharp escalation of a dispute involving US shippers' access to docks in Japan - makes "calm discussion impossible" and could harm relations between the two powers. The US Maritime Commission order excluding Japanese ships and directing the Coast Guard to seize craft in American ports takes effect late Friday US time.
Japan's Ship Warning
Tokyo warned the United States that its move to exclude Japanese ships from American ports - a sharp escalation of a dispute involving US shippers' access to docks in Japan - makes "calm discussion impossible" and could harm relations between the two powers. The US Maritime Commission order excluding Japanese ships and directing the Coast Guard to seize craft in American ports takes effect late Friday US time.
