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Medevac off Quang Ninh province
The Japanese tourist Kosuge Kimiko, born in 1949,was medevaced from the 'Asuka II' on Feb 8, 2026, at 10.45 p.m. after suffering a stroke aboard the cruise ship off the coast of Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, and required urgent medical attention. The ship, carrying 617 Japanese passengers and 511 crew members, was en route from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Long Bay. Upon receiving the alert, border guards immediately dispatched a rescue team of ten officers and soldiers, which in coordination with the Border Guard's No. 2 Squadron and the provincial emergency call center No. 115, approached the ship during the night. The rescuers brought the patient safely ashore and transferred her to Quang Ninh General Hospital for emergency treatment. Report with photo: https://lecourrier.vn/une-croisieriste-japonaise-secourue-apres-un-accident-vasculaire-cerebral-a-ha-long/1341340.html
Fire on cruise ship
On June 16, 2020, at 1.30 p.m. LT a fire broke out on the upper deck of the 'Asuka II', which has been stuck at Yokohama since April 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Smoke was billowing from the upper deck in the fore section. Crew members and dozens of firefighters and Coastguard personnel needed three hours to extinguish it. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. It started in a storage area on the top deck. 153 crew members were on board for essential duty. No one was injured. Report with photo: https://news.yahoo.com/black-smoke-billowing-cruise-ship-063741233.html
NYK Cruise Honored at 2016 Cruise of the Year Awards
The "Circle Japan Grand Cruise,” a luxurious one-month voyage operated by NYK Cruises Co. has been recognized with an Award of Excellence at the 2016 Cruise of the Year Awards* sponsored by the Japan Oceangoing Passenger Ship Association (JOPA). This cruise was a new offering on Asuka II from June 5 to July 8, 2016, and was highly evaluated for its high occupancy rate of 85 percent despite its 33-day length. The early summer voyage circled Japan and even included a northern stop at Petropavlovsk (PPLKY)-Kamchatsky in Russia and a southern visit to Keelung, Taiwan. A local production for local consumption policy, which resulted in good use of local food and collaborations with local chefs and restaurants at each port, was also praised. An attempt to make the cruise affordable to solo travelers was also successful with unaccompanied guests accounting for a quarter of all passengers. http://www.marinelink.com/news/honored-cruise-cruise419850
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