2 dead, 3 missing after fishing boat with 20 aboard capsizes in Japan

Fifteen people, including 5 Indonesians, are rescued northeast of Tokyo

20250106 ambulance file photo

The rescue operation took place in the early morning of Jan. 6, after the accident happened a little after 2 a.m. (File photo by Konosuke Urata)

CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Two people died and three others were missing after a fishing boat with 20 people aboard capsized off Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan early Monday, the local coast guard office said.

Fifteen people, including 5 Indonesians, were rescued after the boat capsized at around 2:05 a.m. off a port in Kashima, northeast of Tokyo. Another two were later pronounced dead, it said.

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