1.   Japanese survivors were swimming in pools of oil and debris where other ships had gone down.

2.   Fifty survivors swam to shore Monday.

3.   Most of the survivors were pulled in by volunteers who raced to the scene in private boats, and one survivor swam to shore.

4.   The survivors swam to shore or were rescued by passing boats or fishing trawlers, the officer said.

5.   Twenty-eight survivors swam ashore.

6.   He said in an interview that the three survivors swam for two days and drifted to the village.

7.   Two others survivors swam to safety following the incident Saturday.