‘Ample body fat’ saves woman adrift at sea in Japan


Compiled by LEONG SHU YIN, JAROD LIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Chengdu, Sichuan, survived being swept 80km out to the sea off Japan’s Izu peninsula last July by clinging to a rented lifebuoy.

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