A freight ship sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on Feb. 2 after colliding with another freight ship, leaving two of its crew missing, the Japan Coast Guard said.
Six crew members among 13 who were rescued from a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship that sank in the East China Sea off Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 25 are confirmed dead, the coast guard says, leaving the total number of fatalities from the incident at eight.
A cargo ship with 22 people aboard has sunk off Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with four Chinese crew members rescued, following a distress call issued by the vessel issued on Jan. 24, according to the coast guard
Three people are missing after a Japanese cargo ship sank following a collision with a foreign vessel in the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan, according coast guard officials