Japan, Russia agree on handing over Japanese fisherman's body

Japan and Russia agreed on the handover procedures of the body of a Japanese fisherman who was shot dead by gunfire from a Russian patrol vessel on Wednesday in controversial waters, Kyodo News reported Friday from Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk, Russia.

The two countries had been finalizing arrangements for handing over the body of Mitsuhiro Morita, 35, since the incident took place, it said.

A Japan Coast Guard vessel was dispatched Friday afternoon to collect Morita's body in the disputed islands off the coast of Hokkaido, according to the report.