Small tanker capsizes in Osaka Bay

OSAKA, Japan - Three people are missing and may be trapped inside the 198-ton Kaiun Maru that turned over in stormy weather in Osaka Bay in western Japan on Feb. 8. The Maritime Safety Agency said there is hope that the three might be rescued because divers heard answering sounds from inside the tanker when they knocked on the bottom of the vessel with a hammer.

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