Japan, S. Korea fishing boats collide in Sea of Japan

A Japanese fishing boat collided with a South Korean one in the Sea of Japan on Thursday morning, with all 13 personnel aboard the latter rescued and all 21 aboard both vessels unhurt, the Japan Coast Guard said.The collision occurred at around 9:35 a.m. about 230 kilometers northwest of the Noto Peninsula near fertile fishing grounds.The 164-ton Japanese squid fishing boat from Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, had eight people -- four Japanese and four Indonesian trainees -- aboard, while the 48-ton South Korean boat, which was inundated with water, had South Korean and Vietnamese …READ FULL ARTICLE