Swimmer swept out to sea rescued 80km off Japan after 36-hour ordeal

A coast guard helicopter lifting a woman from a tanker. Two crew members jumped into the sea to rescue her earlier. - Photo: AFP

TOKYO: A woman who was swept out to sea after she went swimming off a beach in Japan was rescued about 80km off the coast after 36 hours, officials said on Thursday (July 11).

The local coast guard launched a search-and-rescue operation after the alarm was raised for the Chinese national in her 20s in the central Shizuoka region on the evening of July 8.