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TOKYO, JAPAN - ALL five crew members of a Japanese freighter were rescued early on Saturday after it sank after a collision with a Hong Kong container ship off Japan's Pacific coast, a coastguard official said.
The 300-tonne freighter Takasago No 2 collided with the Hong Kong vessel late on Friday off the Izu Peninsula, some 130 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, the official said.
The five Japanese, drifting in a raft, were rescued by the Ji Feng's crew three and a half hours after the crash.
'The crewmen were all in good health and not injured,' the official said.
The 5,600-tonne Ji Feng with a crew of 20 Chinese was on its way from Tokyo to Nagoya, central Japan.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation, the official said. -- AFP
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