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

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 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 ...

A fire broke out on a Japanese Self-Defense Forces ship on Sunday, with national broadcaster NHK reporting that one crew member was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation. An official from the ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...