{"id":166845,"date":"2024-11-12T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T03:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166845&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T06:51:41","slug":"msdf-sinks-off-munakata-crew-member-missing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/msdf-sinks-off-munakata-crew-member-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"MSDF Minesweeper Sinks Off Munakata After Fire, One Crew Member Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fire broke out on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima off the coast of Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on November 10. The vessel capsized after 14 hours of efforts to contain the blaze, eventually sinking on November 11. One crew member, 33-year-old <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tatsunori Koga<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, remains unaccounted for. The Coast Guard\u2019s special rescue divers searched on November 11 and will continue on November 12. Another crew member suffered smoke inhalation but was not critically injured. An investigation into the cause has been launched by the Japan Transport Safety Board.<\/span><b> Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241112\/5010026174.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_munakata-sea_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C942&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MSDF Minesweeper Sinks Off Munakata After Fire, One Crew Member Missing\" width=\"1400\" height=\"942\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_munakata-sea_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_munakata-sea_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_munakata-sea_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_munakata-sea_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima off the coast of Munakata&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":166857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166845","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-munakata","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}