Japan's coastguard recovered what appeared to be five bodies after a Japanese cargo ship capsized following a collision with a Sierra Leone-registered vessel Friday, television footage showed.

Six crew were reported missing after the incident, which happened early in the day in waters off Japan's Izuoshima island, around 100 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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