8 divers rescued in waters north of Tokyo’s Hachijo Island-Xinhua
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Eight people, including a diving instructor and seven customers, were rescued alive after being reported missing in waters off Tokyo's Hachijo Island on Saturday, local media reported. The captain of a diving boat made an emergency call at around 1:50 p.m. local time after the eight divers failed to return as scheduled, Kyodo News reported, citing the coast guard. They had begun diving at around 11:30 a.m. and had been scheduled to surface about an hour later. Following the report, coast guard patrol vessels and other ships searched the surrounding waters. At around 4:30 p.m., more than two and a half hours after the report was made, the eight people were found at sea about 10 km north of Hachijo Island, public broadcaster NHK reported. All eight were resc...