Rescuers save man swept out to sea on roof

A 60-year-old man has been rescued by the military after floating out to sea on the roof of his home when a tsunami engulfed Japan’s coast.

Hiromitsu Shinkawa was pulled from the sea after he was spotted waving a red cloth about 10 miles offshore from the quake-ravaged town of Minamisoma, a spokesman for Japanese forces said.