News Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

The ship was owned by a shipbuilder in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Miyagi prefecture police.
No further information was immediately available from Japanese media or prefectural police which AFP reached by telephone.

Friday's massive quake struck just under 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo, creating a 10-metre (33 feet) tsunami wave that hit the Pacific coast of Honshu island near Sendai city.
The wave wreaked vast destruction, smashing ships into towns and tearing away entire houses.
Television footage shot from a helicopter showed a large whirlpool offshore created by the tsunami.