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3 dead after Japanese fishing boat collides with Russian ship

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<p>SAPPORO, Japan - A Japanese fishing boat collided with a 662-ton Russian ship and capsized off Japan&#x27;s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Wednesday, leaving three crew members dead, local authorities said.</p><p>The five-crew-member boat belonging to a fishery cooperative based in Hokkaido&#x27;s Monbetsu was catching hairy crabs at the time of the collision at around 6 a.m. with the Russian vessel, named Amur, which had 23 crew members, according to the Japan Coast Guard.</p><p>Among the three casualties, one was the chief engineer in his 60s and the two others were in their 30s, it said.</p><p>Of the remaining two, one was slightly injured and the other was unhurt, according to local fire fighters.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/01/20/filipino-among-13-missing-off-japan-as-cargo-ship-fishing-boat-collide">Filipino among 13 missing off Japan as cargo ship, fishing boat collide</a></li></ul><div><strong>==Kyodo</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1676832" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>SAPPORO, Japan - A Japanese fishing boat collided with a 662-ton Russian ship and capsized off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Wednesday, leaving three crew members dead, local authorities said.</p>

SAPPORO, Japan - A Japanese fishing boat collided with a 662-ton Russian ship and capsized off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Wednesday, leaving three crew members dead, local authorities said.