Eight dead, including six Chinese nationals, after ship sinks near Japan

Members of South Korea coast guard work on a search operation in the waters between South Korea and Japan on Jan 25, 2023. The Korea coast guard/Yonhap via Reuters

BEIJING (AFP): Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat told state media Thursday (Jan 26).

The Jin Tian sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110km west of the remote and uninhabited Danjo Islands in far southwestern Japan.