8 crew members from sunk cargo ship off Japan coast confirmed dead

Six crew members among 13 who were rescued from a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship that sank in the East China Sea off Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture on Wednesday were confirmed dead, the coast guard said Thursday, leaving the total number of fatalities from the incident at eight.Two have already been confirmed dead and five others are conscious after the 6,551-ton Jintian, carrying 22 crew members, sent out a distress signal and sank early Wednesday. The remaining nine are still missing.Among the six recently confirmed dead, all were either from China or Myanmar. Although none were sent to hos…READ FULL ARTICLE