• The incident occurred during a particularly cold week in Japan.
• Five crew members were rescued from the ship.
• The ship was expected to arrive in the South Korean port of Incheon.

Cargo ship capsizes off Japan: Five crew members have been rescued and efforts are underway to save 17 others after a cargo ship capsized off Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture on Wednesday.

According to the coast guard, it received a distress signal late Tuesday night from the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Jin Tian, which was cruising 110 kilometers west of the Danjo Islands in the East China Sea.

According to the Japan Coast Guard, the crew of 14 Chinese and eight Myanmar nationals was transferred to lifeboats before rough seas hampered their rescue.

The coast guard has sent two patrol boats to the scene, and three private vessels, including a tanker, that was cruising nearby are helping with the rescue.

The ship was expected to arrive in the South Korean port of Incheon on Wednesday, according to the coast guard.

According to the tracking website MarineTraffic, it left Malaysia’s Port Klang in early December.

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