Japanese national's body found in Pangasinan waters

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday said that combined maritime personnel has recovered the body of a Japanese national who was swept by big waves in the shorelines of San Fabian, Pangasinan on Wednesday afternoon.

The PCG said the body of the victim identified as Hirofumi Nimura, 39 was found in waters off San Fabian on Thursday morning. Nimura is married to a Filipina named Genyalyn, a resident of Nibaliw West in the same town.

The PCG said that according to the accounts of a certain Robert Ulep, Nimura was along the shoreline of San Fabian when he was hit and swept by big waves. The incident happened at around 5 p.m. last Wednesday.

Ulep reported the incident to the nearest PCG sub-station.