TOKYO: A Filipino and 12 other crew members onboard a Belize-flagged cargo ship are missing after the vessel collided with a fishing boat off Japan's northeastern prefecture of Aomori late Saturday, the Chinese consulate general in Sapporo said Sunday.

Guo Xing 1, the 1,989-ton cargo ship with 14 crew onboard, informed the Japanese about the incident after the collision at 10:17 p.m. local time Saturday about 12 km off the coast of Rokkasho.

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