1997 tanker Nakhodka oil spill in Sea of Japan

1997 tanker Nakhodka oil spill in Sea of Japan

Photo taken Feb. 1, 1997, shows people cleaning to remove oil from a beach in Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture, after the Russian tanker Nakhodka broke up in the Sea of Japan in January the same year. The incident resulted in an estimated 6,200 kiloliters of oil being spilled, damaging a wide swathe of the Sea of Japan coastline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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