Japanese cargo ship collides with foreign vessel off Ehime, 3 missing

Three people are missing after a Japanese cargo ship sank early Friday following a collision with a foreign vessel in the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan, coast guard officials said.The incident, which occurred off Ehime Prefecture and involved the 11,454-ton Japanese ship Byakko and a 2,696-ton Marshall Islands-registered chemical tanker the Ulsan Pioneer was reported at around 11:55 p.m. Thursday, the Imabari Coast Guard Office said.The Japanese ship had 12 crew aboard and the missing three are male Japanese nationals -- captain Tamotsu Sato, 66, first engineer Yuki Ogawa, 27, and second e…READ FULL ARTICLE