NO Filipino seafarers were on board in the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan early Wednesday.

The 6,551-ton Jin Tian, which was Hong Kong registered and carrying lumber, sank about 160 kilometers southwest of Nagasaki, Japan, and about 150 kilometers south of South Korea's Jeju island.

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