1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

CHIBA, Japan - A patrol vessel and a helicopter of the Japan Coast Guard are engaged in rescue operation after a collision between two freighters in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Inubosaki in Chiba Prefecture on July 22.

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

CHIBA, Japan - The Kaishin Maru, a Japanese-registered 499-ton freighter owned by Kayama Kaiun K.K. based in Osaka Prefecture, is seen afloat in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Inubosaki in Chiba Prefecture on July 22 after colliding with the Malta-registered Wei Hang 9. The Wei Hang 9, carrying 21 crew members, all Chinese, sank later. A Chinese crew member was killed and eight others were missing, the Japan Coast Guard said.

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

CHIBA, Japan - A patrol vessel and a helicopter of the Japan Coast Guard are engaged in rescue operation after a collision between two freighters in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Inubosaki in Chiba Prefecture on July 22. (Kyodo)

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

1 dead, 8 missing after 2 freighters collide off eastern Japan

CHIBA, Japan - The Kaishin Maru, a Japanese-registered 499-ton freighter owned by Kayama Kaiun K.K. based in Osaka Prefecture, is seen afloat in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Inubosaki in Chiba Prefecture on July 22 after colliding with the Malta-registered Wei Hang 9. The Wei Hang 9, carrying 21 crew members, all Chinese, sank later. A Chinese crew member was killed and eight others were missing, the Japan Coast Guard said. (Kyodo)

Dolphin, penguins left at defunct aquarium

Dolphin, penguins left at defunct aquarium

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a pool for a bottlenose dolphin at the-defunct Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. The dolphin, about 50 penguins and other marine creatures are being kept and taken care of at the facility even after it was shut down in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dolphin, penguins left at defunct aquarium

Dolphin, penguins left at defunct aquarium

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the now-defunct Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. A bottlenose dolphin, about 50 penguins and other marine creatures are being kept and taken care of at the facility even after it was shut down in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo