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Swimmer rescued 80km off Japan coast, 36 hours after being swept out to sea
Twenty-one year old spent two nights in the ocean before being spotted by a cargo ship
A woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a beach in Japan has been rescued about 80km (50 miles) off the coast, 36 hours after she went missing, officials have said.
The 21-year-old Chinese national, buoyed by a rubber ring, had been swimming at Shirahama Ohama beach at about 7.30pm on Monday with a friend, the coast guard said on Thursday.
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