A DOG rescued from drifting ocean debris immediately jumped to her owner and wagged her tail at their reunion more than three weeks after Japan’s tsunami.

A Japanese naval destroyer collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships and injuring three crew members, defence officials said today.

Russian coastal authorities have seized five fishing boats off the country’s eastern coast, at least one of which is thought to be Japanese, a news report said today.

AFTER spending two nights by candlelight, tens of thousands of South Koreans heaved shovels yesterday to clear mud and debris from homes devastated by the worst typhoon to hit the country in 40 years.

An unidentified fishing boat which defence officials said might have been spying was sunk off southwestern Japan after trading shots with Japanese coast guard vessels, officials said today.