A South Korean tanker capsized off an island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, authorities said, killing seven people on board.
Footage shown on Japanese TV shows the ship completely overturned, with waves washing over the exposed red underside of the ship.TOKYO, Japan — One crew member survived, and the fate of three others was unknown.
The ship was completely capsized by the time rescuers arrived at the scene. Footage on Japan's NHK television showed the ship lying upside down, a rough sea washing over its red underside. The ship was en route from the Japanese port of Himeji to Ulsan in South Korea from, according to NHK. Its captain was South Korean, and its crew included another South Korean national, a Chinese national and eight Indonesians, according to the coast guard.
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