Two people missing after fishing boat capsizes off southern Japan

A Japanese fishing boat has capsized off the Pacific coast near Miyakojima, a southern island in Okinawa Prefecture. Two crew members are missing.

The Japan Coast Guard says it received a call at around 4 a.m. on Thursday from the prefecture's Fishery Radio Association. The boat's operator had reportedly informed another vessel that the craft was in danger of sinking.

At around 7:30 a.m., the coast guard spotted a capsized boat about 115 kilometers south of Miyakojima island.

A Japanese captain and an Indonesian man were on board before the boat overturned. Both remain unaccounted for.

The local fisheries cooperative identified the capsized vessel as the Daihachi Michitakemaru. The boat reportedly left port on November 30 to fish for diamond squids.

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