21.   A maritime safety agency spokesman said four men including two divers inspected the bow for about half an hour on Thursday afternoon.

22.   A second marine in the area was rescued, a maritime safety agency official said.

23.   Another of the four activists who joined Chan in the jump was also dragged out of the sea and airlifted away by a Japanese maritime safety agency helicopter.

24.   The rescue of French yachtsman Thierry Dubois in the Southern Ocean last week was almost a disaster, a maritime safety expert claimed here Wednesday.

25.   Two Panamanian-registered freighters were shipwrecked off Japan Sunday, but all crew members were safely rescued, the maritime safety agency said Sunday.

26.   Two cargo ships collided off western Japan Sunday, but no injuries or oil leakage were reported, the maritime safety agency said.

27.   Japanese maritime safety officials said several oil slicks from the tanker were drifting toward Japan.

28.   Meanwhile, four officials engaged in the clean-up operations were hospitalised after vomiting and suffering from diarrhea, maritime safety agency officials said Thursday.

29.   National police and officials from maritime safety agencies will intensify border operations to prevent smuggling via harbors where immigration offices are not located.

30.   The Niigata branch of the maritime safety agency said it issued a warning to shipping in the area but said coastal areas were safe for the time being.