Coast guard staff examine damaged patrol vessel in Kagoshima

Coast guard staff examine damaged patrol vessel in Kagoshima

TANIYAMA PORT, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff examine the control room of the Japanese patrol ship Amami on Dec. 24 at Taniyama port in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan. Crew members of a suspected North Korean spy ship fired on the Amami with automatic weapons Dec. 22 during a chase at sea that ended when the ship sank in the East China Sea.

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