Even better is the picture of the damaged boat that wasn’t flying a flag. They did have the Jolly Roger painted on the hull side.
Under Admiralty law, they are pirates.
Under both Admiralty law and international laws of the high seas.
Having been warned verbally, acoustically, and visually (firehoses), not flying a flag, clearly trying to foul their rudder and other illegal/dangerous acts, the Japanese vessel, by law, could have machinegunned the boat and sunk it with lethal firepower.
Had this been a boat that I had chartered, my Barrett .50 cal. would be assembled and fired. Being left adrift, disabled, miles from port by an aggressive advisary requires justifiable self-defense, up to and including lethal self defense. The high seas, esp. the South Seas is NO place for games.
No argument. The Japanese should have taught them a lesson in Newtonian physics long ago.