A man in his 70s died on Nov. 10 after paramedics mistakenly assumed that he had passed away in his apartment, and failed to ...

A Sugashima-class mine clearance vessel, the JS Ukushima, experienced a fire in the engine room on the morning of Nov. 10 off ...

A Japanese minesweeper was engulfed in fire while underway in the Sea of Japan and later sank, leaving one sailor missing. JS Ukushima, a Sugashima-class minesweeper assigned to the Japan Maritime ...

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper that caught fire in waters off the country's southwestern coast capsized ...

Fire broke out on a Japanese warship sailing near the western part of the country, causing one crew member to be hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, while another was missing, Japan's navy said ...

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper that caught fire in waters off the country's southwestern coast capsized and sank Monday, according to the local coast guard office. One crewman ...

TOKYO — A joint U.S.-Japan naval drill has been canceled after a Japanese sailor went missing following a weekend fire aboard a minesweeper that eventually sank. The U.S. and Japanese navies ...

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)--The minesweeper Ukushima of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force sank on Monday after catching a fire the previous day, the MSDF said. A 33-year-old petty officer 3rd ...

Fire Breaks Out on Japan Navy Ship, Cause Under Investigation (Adds missing word and fixes typo in paragraph 1) TOKYO (Reuters) -Fire broke out on a Japanese warship sailing near the western part ...

A fire broke out on a Japanese Self-Defence Forces ship on Sunday, with national broadcaster NHK reporting that one crew member was hospitalised due to smoke inhalation. The Maritime Self-Defence ...