Across Asia: Japan

Boat capsizes, 4 dead

A Japanese fishing boat capsized and sank off the country's eastern coast yesterday, leaving four crew members dead and 13 missing, Coast Guard officials said.

Three other men on the Suwa Maru No 58 were rescued by crew from four other fishing boats, Coast Guard spokesman Munekazu Yoshida said. The conditions of the rescued men were not immediately known, he added.