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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama, whose bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front) and the South Korean container ship Carina Star (middle). The two vessels collided in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures the previous night. The Kammon Bridge is seen in the background.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the South Korean container ship Carina Star. Its right side was damaged in a collision with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 28, 2009, as it caught fire after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Container after collision with destroyer

Container after collision with destroyer

FUKUOKA, Japan - The South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star is seen after its collision with the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

FUKUOKA, Japan - The destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 27, 2009, after it caught fire following a collision with the South Korean container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF destroyer Kurama

MSDF destroyer Kurama

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The destroyer was seriously damaged in a collision with a South Korean-registered container vessel in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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S. Korean group protests against Japan's MOX shipment

S. Korean group protests against Japan's MOX shipment

SEOUL, S. Korea - About 30 members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 19 in protest against Japan's plan to ship mixed-plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel through the Korea Strait. Two ships are now at Barrow-in-Furness in northern England preparing to transport the fuel.

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S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

Members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 25 to protest Japan's planned shipment of plutonium expected to pass through the Korea Strait.

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Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Mie Tajima, a 29-year-old Japanese woman, arrives at the southern South Korean port of Pusan on July 23 after crossing the Korean Strait from the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima aboard a sailboard to mark the co-hosting of succer's World Cup finals by Japan and South Korea in 2002. Two other Japanese also arrived in Pusan after completing a 50-kilometer trip with Tajima.

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Japanese, S. Korean coastal municipal chiefs mull promoting exchanges

Japanese, S. Korean coastal municipal chiefs mull promoting exchanges

Japanese members of the Japan-Korea Strait Governors' Conference hold talks with their South Korean counterparts in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2015. They are (from L) Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa, Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka and Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean ferry, freighter collide in Kammon Strait

S. Korean ferry, freighter collide in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The South Korean ferry Panstar Dream (in photo), carrying 347 passengers and crew members, collided with a South Korean cargo ship Nov. 3 in the Kammon Strait between Japan's Honshu and Kyushu islands, Japan Coast Guard officials said. No one was injured. Photo provided by the coast guard. (Kyodo)

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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MSDF destroyer Kurama

MSDF destroyer Kurama

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The destroyer was seriously damaged in a collision with a South Korean-registered container vessel in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

FUKUOKA, Japan - The destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 27, 2009, after it caught fire following a collision with the South Korean container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Container after collision with destroyer

Container after collision with destroyer

FUKUOKA, Japan - The South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star is seen after its collision with the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the South Korean container ship Carina Star. Its right side was damaged in a collision with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front) and the South Korean container ship Carina Star (middle). The two vessels collided in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures the previous night. The Kammon Bridge is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama, whose bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 28, 2009, as it caught fire after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean group protests against Japan's MOX shipment

S. Korean group protests against Japan's MOX shipment

SEOUL, S. Korea - About 30 members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 19 in protest against Japan's plan to ship mixed-plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel through the Korea Strait. Two ships are now at Barrow-in-Furness in northern England preparing to transport the fuel.

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S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

Members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 25 to protest Japan's planned shipment of plutonium expected to pass through the Korea Strait.

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S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

Members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 25 to protest Japan's planned shipment of plutonium expected to pass through the Korea Strait.

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S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 25, 1999 to protest Japan's planned shipment of plutonium expected to pass through the Korea Strait. (Kyodo)

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Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Mie Tajima, a 29-year-old Japanese woman, arrives at the southern South Korean port of Pusan on July 23 after crossing the Korean Strait from the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima aboard a sailboard to mark the co-hosting of succer's World Cup finals by Japan and South Korea in 2002. Two other Japanese also arrived in Pusan after completing a 50-kilometer trip with Tajima.

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