Continued detention of captain hurts Japan tourism

Chinese company cancels travel plans of 10,000 members of staff

BEIJING - The number of Chinese citizens traveling to Japan has declined as an outraged Chinese public has expressed intense displeasure and protested over Japan's illegal detention of a Chinese trawler captain.

The Baojian Company, one of Chinese commodity producers based in Beijing, publicly announced a cancellation of its long prepared plan of staff traveling to Japan, which was in cooperation with China International Travel Service (CITS), one of the biggest travel agencies in China.