KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) Four people died and three disappeared after a Hong Kong cargo ship and a South Korean fishing boat collided off the west coast of Nagasaki Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said Sunday.
The 29-ton fishing boat 3 Dae Kyong capsized after hitting the 3,843-ton freighter Joshu Maru at around 10 p.m. Saturday 130 km west of Fukue Island, the coast guard said.
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