Retired icebreaker Fuji eyed as coast guard emergency base

Retired icebreaker Fuji eyed as coast guard emergency base

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) plans to borrow the retired icebreaker Fuji (shown in photo) to use it for the JCG headquarters in case of a major earthquake in the region. The icebreaker was formerly used in Japanese Antarctic expeditions and is now anchored at Nagoya port as a museum. (Kyodo)

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