Jakarta (VNA), Feb. 16 -- Japan has handed over a fishery patrol vessel named Hakurei Maru to Indonesia, along with maintenance and equipment fund worth 2.2 billion JPY, according to ANTARA News.

Director of Asia Pacific Affairs of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry Santo Darmosumarto and Japan ese Ambassador to Indonesia Masafumi Ishii signed an exchange of notes marking the handover of the patrol vessel here on February 14.

Speaking at the ceremony, Economic Counselor of the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta Shimizu Kazuhiko said Indonesia suffers losses due to illegal fishing but the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has no a vessel capable of patrolling (the country's) sea.

That is the reason why the Japanese fishery bur...