11.   Fish incubated in sea water contaminated with heavy oil from a sunken Russian tanker showed a high rate of deformation, Japanese news reports said Saturday.

12.   Heavy oil from a sunken Russian tanker is threatening another Japanese prefecture as it drifts southeast off Noto Peninsula in the Sea of Japan, officials said Sunday.

13.   A flotilla of Japanese coast guard boats on Sunday began dumping detergent to neutralise a massive oil spill drifting toward the Japanese coast from a sunken Russian tanker.

14.   The recent oil spill from a sunken Russian tanker has highlighted the need to create a multilateral framework for cooperation over marine accidents, the paper said.

15.   Japanese coast guard vessels threw a cordon around a nuclear plant on Sunday to stop heavy oil from a sunken Russian tanker being sucked into its cooling system.

16.   Japanese coast guard vessels threw a cordon around a nuclear plant Sunday to stop heavy oil from a sunken Russian tanker being sucked into its cooling system.

17.   Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto reportedly admitted Tuesday that his government mishandled a major oil spill from a sunken Russian tanker in the Sea of Japan.

18.   Japanese coastguard vessels threw a cordon around a nuclear plant on Sunday to stop heavy oil from a sunken Russian tanker being sucked into its cooling system.

19.   Oil from a sunken Russian tanker hit the Japanese coast Tuesday, as strong winds and high waves hampered clean-up efforts, local officials said.