Boat capsizes in East China Sea

Boat capsizes in East China Sea

AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.

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