China has demanded Japan to terminate the legal procedures against the detained captain of a Chinese fishing boat and his safe return home as soon as possible. At a press briefing today, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu called it an imperative matter. She said Japan stirred up the current grave situation and the Japanese side should hold all the responsibility. Jiang's comment came a day after 14 crew members of a Chinese trawler returned to China after they and the boat were illegally detained by Japanese authorities near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea last Tuesday. Japan is still holding Zhan Qixiong, the trawler's captain.