1 dead in fishing boat capsize in Japan's Miyagi

TOKYO, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- One person died after a small fishing vessel capsized near a port in the city of Kesennuma, Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday.

According to local media, at around 8:20 a.m. local time, police received an emergency call reporting that "a fishing boat has capsized and someone appears to have drowned" near the Akaushi fishing port in Kesennuma. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and pulled a man in his 70s from the water, but he was pronounced dead about 40 minutes after being transported to a hospital.

The Kesennuma Coast Guard said the accident involved a 0.6-ton fishing vessel carrying two men. The other man on board was not seriously injured. The incident occurred in coastal waters about 100 meters southwest of the Akaushi fishing port, where weather conditions were poor and waves were high at the time.

The Kesennuma Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the accident. Enditem