Japan to start raising unidentified sunken ship June 25

Japan to start raising unidentified sunken ship June 25

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi speaks at a news conference at her ministry in Tokyo on June 21 about a government decision to raise an unidentified ship that sank in the East China Sea last December after a shoot-out with Japan's patrol vessels. The Japan Coast Guard is to start operations June 25 to salvage the ship believed to be from North Korea.

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