Jan. 26, 2023 04:16 AM EST

8 Confirmed Dead In Ship Sinking Off Japan And South Korea

This photo released by the 7th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, shows a rescue boat in waters between South Korea and Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. South Korean and Japanese coast guard vessels and aircraft as well as commercial cargo ships were continuing to search for the missing crew members after a cargo ship sank early Wednesday. (The 7th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters via AP) Uncredited, ASSOCIATED PRESS
This photo released by the 7th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, shows a rescue boat in waters between South Korea and Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. South Korean and Japanese coast guard vessels and aircraft as well as commercial cargo ships were continuing to search for the missing crew members after a cargo ship sank early Wednesday. (The 7th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters via AP)
In this photo provided by the Korea Coast Guard, a South Korea coast guard vessel conducts a search operation in waters between South Korea and Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. South Korean and Japanese coast guards were searching for crew members of a cargo ship that sank early Wednesday in waters between South Korea and Japan, South Korean officials said Wednesday. (The Korea Coast Guard via AP)
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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese official said Thursday that eight people have died in the sinking of a cargo ship in waters between Japan and South Korea.

Lyu Guijun, the consul general in the western Japanese city of Fukuoka, told state broadcaster CGTN that six of the eight victims were Chinese.

There were 22 crew members — 14 from China and eight from Myanmar — on the 6,551-ton Jin Tian. It sank early Wednesday about 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Nagasaki, Japan.

Five of the crew have been rescued, including four Chinese, Lyu said. Another eight or nine remain missing, according to varying reports.

Maritime transport websites said the vessel left Malaysia’s Port Klang on Dec. 3 and was headed for South Korea’s Incheon port. The Hong Kong-registered ship was carrying lumber.

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