Cargo ship capsizes off southwestern Japan

TOKYO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship capsized off Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, the coast guard said, having received a distress call from the vessel late on Tuesday.

The coast guard said 22 people were aboard the 6,651-ton cargo ship named Jintan, of whom four have been rescued, according to the latest reports.

The distress call was made around 11:15 p.m. (local time) from about 110 km we