National Dec 19, 2020
Mitsui O.S.K. vows to raise safety measures after Mauritius oil spill
The firm said it will set up surveillance cameras in the wheelhouse of its ships and ask owners of the chartered ships to do the same.
National Dec 14, 2020
Japan considers ¥30 billion loan to Mauritius after oil spill
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited the country as part of a four-nation tour of Africa.
National Nov 28, 2020
Collision between fishing boat and cargo ship in east Japan leaves one person dead
A man died and 11 others were injured after a leisure fishing boat capsized following a collision with a cargo vessel at a port in eastern Japan early Saturday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said. All 12 people from the fishing vessel were rescued from ...
National Nov 21, 2020
A local office of the Japan Coast Guard said it has arrested the captain of a small vessel for negligence resulting in his ship hitting a reef and sinking in the Seto Inland Sea the previous day. Yosuke Tada, 45, has admitted to the charge. ...
National Nov 20, 2020
The vessel was carrying 62 people, some of whom had jumped into the sea by the time rescue boats arrived.
National Nov 5, 2020
Ship owner says Mauritius oil cleanup mostly over by January
Efforts to remove oil spilled by the MV Wakashio have been hampered by difficulties in cleaning coral reefs and mangrove trees.
National Sep 18, 2020
The five-member team will leave Japan on Sunday to carry out a two-week investigation into the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Wakashio.
Asia Pacific Sep 17, 2020
Filipino families of crew from ship that sank off Japan plead for search to resume
Families of 39 Filipino crewmen who were aboard a cattle ship that sank during a typhoon are pleading for a search to continue and to expand into uninhabited islands and nearby waters, two weeks after their vessel capsized off Japan. In tears during an online ...
National Sep 11, 2020
Mauritius ship operator Mitsui OSK to pay ¥1 billion for recovery
"We will provide long-term contributions to the environment and the society of Mauritius," the company said in a statement.
National Sep 8, 2020
Mauritius leader thanks Japan, saying government not responsible for oil spill
Japan has sent three relief teams to the island nation to assist with the clean up and environmental protection.
National Sep 5, 2020
Japanese authorities on Saturday resumed, and then later suspended, searching for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, as waves and strong wind caused by an approaching storm hampered the operation. The Japan Coast Guard found a second survivor ...
National Sep 3, 2020
Ship carrying 43 crew and almost 6,000 cattle missing in typhoon off Japan
The Japan Coast Guard said it had rescued one crew member on Wednesday night while searching for the ship.