Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan


This aerial photo shows Belize-registered cargo ship Xin Hai 99, after the collision, off Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture, southwestern Japan. - AP

TOKYO (AP): A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday.

No one was injured among the six Japanese crew aboard Ryoshinmaru, the tanker, and 14 Chinese crew aboard the Belize-registered cargo ship, Xin Hai 99.

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