Missing woman rescued near Tokyo after 36 hours adrift at sea
20:43, 10 July 2024
A woman was rescued from the sea off Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Wednesday morning after drifting some 80 kilometers over about 36 hours, a local coast guard office said, Kyodo reports.
The 21-year-old Chinese woman, who was on a swim ring, was found dehydrated but conscious, according to the office.
She was swimming at Shirahama Ohama beach in Shizuoka Prefecture at around 7:30 p.m. on Monday with a friend during their travels, and was reported missing to police, the office said.
