tall ship Kaiwo Maru aground after Typhoon Tokage
 

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/...20041022a1.htm
says (on Oct 22, 2004):

And in waters off Toyama port, the Kaiwo Maru, a training ship operated
by the National Institute for Sea Training, crashed into breakwaters
late Wednesday after its anchor was washed away by strong winds.

The accident left the ship without power, and three of its 167-member
crew suffered broken bones in the collision. The injured three were
airlifted to shore by helicopter Thursday morning and taken to a local
hospital. The remaining crew members were rescued by Thursday afternoon.

http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/...410220144.html has a similar
article, except that they report 5 hospitalized.

This is all the info that I have; anyone else know anything?

CNN has now picked up the story:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/10/2...pan/index.html

At Toyama, 255 km (158 miles) west of Tokyo, 167 people, including 102
trainees aged about 20, were being slowly taken to shore from their
ship.

The 2,556-tonne Kaio Maru ran aground during the storm. Three suffered
injuries such as broken wrists.

The ship was waiting out the typhoon when winds of 144 km/h (89 mph)
and high seas swept it onto the breakwater, an official at the National
Institute for Sea Training, its operator, told Reuters.

A Coast Guard official told the news agency: "Waves were crashing onto
the deck, making it impossible for the crew and trainees to get out
themselves."