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"The Zim shipping company on Sunday announced that if it were to be discovered that one of its ships had been involved in the hit-and-run maritime collision off the coast of Japan last Wednesday that killed seven Japanese fisherman, the company would accept responsibility.
Zim spokesperson said the company is fully prepared to cooperate with all investigations of the incident.
"If it is discovered that Zim Asia was involved with the accident, the Zim company will accept responsibility," the company said in a statement.
The spokesperson also said the company is conducting an internal investigation into the matter. He said the chairman of Zim's Asia region, Captain Yigal Dafne, was sent to the ship to question the crew, and that a group of company representatives had been sent to Japan to participate in the investigation there."
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"The Israeli embassy in Japan said Sunday that the Japanese authorities have not yet contacted them officially about the investigation. However, both the embassy and the Israeli Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Israel Shipping Administration has decided to send an investigator of its own to Hong Kong to question the Zim Asia's crew. The ship is slated to dock in Hong Kong on October 5."