Explosion-hit tanker floats in wreckage in western Japan

Explosion-hit tanker floats in wreckage in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The badly damaged tanker Shoko Maru lies stricken in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on May 29, 2014, after an explosion ripped through it earlier in the day.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001200184
  • Registered date
  • 2014/5/29 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2383 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.13(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

    People celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region during a ceremony at JR Kobe Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.(Kyodo)
      Daihatsu restarts all Japan plants 4 months after safety scandal

      Daihatsu restarts all Japan plants 4 months after safety scandal

      Photo taken on May 7, 2024, shows the headquarters of Daihatsu Motor Co. in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. resumed operations at all of its assembly plants in Japan the same day, more than four months after it halted domestic production due to safety test rigging.
        Daihatsu restarts all Japan plants 4 months after safety scandal

        Daihatsu restarts all Japan plants 4 months after safety scandal

        Photo taken on May 7, 2024, shows the headquarters of Daihatsu Motor Co. in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. resumed operations at all of its assembly plants in Japan the same day, more than four months after it halted domestic production due to safety test rigging.
          New whaling factory ship

          New whaling factory ship

          The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, is seen berthed at a dock in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024, following its completion earlier in the day. The ship was delivered to commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.
            New whaling factory ship

            New whaling factory ship

            Hideki Tokoro, president of commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., meets the press in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024, after Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, was delivered to his company earlier in the day, following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.
              Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

              Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

              Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.
                New whaling factory ship

                New whaling factory ship

                A priest prays during a ceremony inside the Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024. The ship was completed the same day and delivered to commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.
                  Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                  Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                  Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (C) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.
                    Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                    Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                    Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd from L) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.
                      Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                      Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

                      Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (R) apologizes at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.