TOKYO — A woman who went swimming off a beach in Japan and was swept out to sea was rescued about 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast after 36 hours, officials said on Thursday.

The local coast guard launched a search and rescue operation after the alarm was raised for the Chinese citizen in her 20s in the central Shizuoka region on Monday evening.

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