NAGASAKI (Kyodo) A jet ferry collided Sunday with an object believed to have been a whale off Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, slightly injuring 11 passengers, Japan Coast Guard officials said.
Ninety passengers and seven crew members were aboard the 162-ton Beetle No. 3 at the time of the accident, they said.
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