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Crown Prince Naruhito climbs Mt. Kaiun in Yamanashi Pref.

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Crown Prince (R) heads toward Mt. Kaiun in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 10.

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.

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Fukuoka offers foreign travelers souvenir-keeping service

A public relations attendant at the Hakata Port International Terminal in Fukuoka explains on Feb. 10, 2015, an arrangement under which foreign visitors to the southwestern Japanese city who buy food, cosmetics and other duty-free items at three shops in the city can receive the purchased goods just before embarking on a liner to Pusan, South Korea, so that they can enjoy tourism in Fukuoka empty-handed. The "traveling light" service, the first of its kind in Japan launched in October 2014, is jointly sponsored by the terminal and Kyokuto Kaiun Co., a shipping firm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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)

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Crown Prince Naruhito climbs Mt. Kaiun in Yamanashi Pref.

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Crown Prince (R) heads toward Mt. Kaiun in Yamanashi Prefecture on June 10. (Kyodo)

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First National Bank and Kaiun Bridge

The building adjacent to the Tokyo Kaiun Bridge is the First National Bank. It was designed by Shimizu Zensuke, and was built between 1871 and 1872. It is a representative building of pseudo-western construction in the early Meiji era.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐97‐0]

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Small tanker capsizes in Osaka Bay

OSAKA, Japan - Three people are missing and may be trapped inside the 198-ton Kaiun Maru that turned over in stormy weather in Osaka Bay in western Japan on Feb. 8. The Maritime Safety Agency said there is hope that the three might be rescued because divers heard answering sounds from inside the tanker when they knocked on the bottom of the vessel with a hammer.