[Breaking News]Piece of Osprey wreckage given to U.S. after crash off Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Video taken in KAGOSHIMA on Dec. 3, 2023,A piece of wreckage from a crashed Osprey military aircraft was handed over to U.S. military Sunday, a southwestern Japanese town said, as an around-the-clock search continued for seven crew missing in nearby waters.The wreckage was collected by local fishermen, according to the town of Yakushima, after the tilt-rotor aircraft went down on Wednesday during a training exercise near the island town.

Fishermen sort 'shishamo' smelt at Kushiro port

Fishermen sort 'shishamo' smelt at Kushiro port

KUSHIRO, Japan - Fishermen sort out "shishamo" smelt at Kushiro port in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido in October 2014. This year's catch of shishamo by seven fisheries associations in the region marked the lowest level of about 500 tons.

Israeli court convicts seaman over Japanese fishermen's deaths

Israeli court convicts seaman over Japanese fishermen's deaths

JERUSALEM, Israel - A court in Haifa, Israel, sentenced Pilastro Zdravko, the Montenegrin second officer of the Israeli container ship Jim Asia, to two and a half years in prison, suspended for three years, on Nov. 12 for causing through negligence the deaths of seven Japanese fishermen in a collision last year with the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 off Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Zdravko was in charge of navigation on the ship in place of the skipper when the collision occurred.

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

NEMURO, Japan - Relatives of victimized crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 listen to Doron Goder, president of Israeli shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in Nemuro, Hokkaido on Oct. 7. Seven fishermen on the Japanese ship were killed in a collision with the Israeli containership Zim Asia off the coast of the Hokkaido city of Nemuro.

First haul reaches 375 tons at marine ranch in China's Hainan

STORY: First haul reaches 375 tons at marine ranch in China's Hainan DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fish ranching at Pusheng Ocean Ranch No.1 2. various of Pusheng Ocean Ranch No.1 STORYLINE: Pusheng Ocean Ranch No.1, a new semi-submersible aquaculture and tourism platform in south China's Hainan Province, hauled its first net of fish recently. The catch reached about 375 tons after seven months of breeding in the platform. The marine ranch, located in Ledong Li Autonomous County in Hainan, helps local fishermen develop deep-sea fishery and leisure fishery. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China. (XHTV)

Israeli court convicts seaman over Japanese fishermen's deaths

Israeli court convicts seaman over Japanese fishermen's deaths

JERUSALEM, Israel - A court in Haifa, Israel, sentenced Pilastro Zdravko, the Montenegrin second officer of the Israeli container ship Jim Asia, to two and a half years in prison, suspended for three years, on Nov. 12 for causing through negligence the deaths of seven Japanese fishermen in a collision last year with the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 off Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Zdravko was in charge of navigation on the ship in place of the skipper when the collision occurred. (Kyodo)

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

NEMURO, Japan - Relatives of victimized crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 listen to Doron Goder, president of Israeli shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in Nemuro, Hokkaido on Oct. 7. Seven fishermen on the Japanese ship were killed in a collision with the Israeli containership Zim Asia off the coast of the Hokkaido city of Nemuro. (Kyodo)

Fishermen sort 'shishamo' smelt at Kushiro port

Fishermen sort 'shishamo' smelt at Kushiro port

KUSHIRO, Japan - Fishermen sort out "shishamo" smelt at Kushiro port in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido in October 2014. This year's catch of shishamo by seven fisheries associations in the region marked the lowest level of about 500 tons. (Kyodo)

Japan to mark 7th anniv. of 2011 earthquake, tsunami disaster

Japan to mark 7th anniv. of 2011 earthquake, tsunami disaster

Fishermen harvest seaweed in Fukushima Prefecture's Soma on Feb. 5, 2018, in preparation for the first shipment in seven years. The area used to be the largest producer of green laver in eastern Japan, but shipments had been suspended due to damage from the March 2011 earthquake and radioactive contamination from the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo