Endangered turtle dies as oil reaches Japan's coastline after Iranian tanker collision
A green turtle died as oil reached the southern Amami-Oshima Island coast, the local government said Thursday, but it was not clear whether the oil came from an Iranian tanker that sank in nearby waters last month. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies ...
Tokyo takes more steps to deal with Sanchi oil spill
Japan steps up measures to deal with what has been described as potentially one of the worst oil spills in decades before it taints Kyushu and Okinawa.
Oil from an Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea has diffused into four separate slicks, covering a combined area of just over 100 square km (39 square miles), Chinese authorities said on Thursday. Earlier satellite imaging showed two large slicks, with the ...
Japan sees little chance of oil slick from stricken tanker reaching its coast
Japan sees little chance of the oil spill from a stricken Iranian tanker that sank on Sunday in the East China Sea reaching its shores, an official at the nation's Environment Ministry said on Tuesday. The large tanker Sanchi sank in the worst oil ship ...
