TOKYO — A Japanese navy destroyer collided with a commercial vessel today off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships and injuring one crew member, defense officials said.

The destroyer JS Kurama collided with the South Korean container ship Carina Star at night in the Kanmon Strait near the southern main island of Kyushu, and both were engulfed in flames, a defense ministry spokesman said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol.

One Kurama crew member was slightly injured, the official said.

Public broadcaster NHK said none of the South Korean ship's crew members were injured. It also said the Japanese ship's bow was damaged.

TV footage showed orange flames rising up from the vessels in the dark. The collision site is about 530 miles southwest of Tokyo, between Kyusu and the western end of the Honshu main island.

The Kurama was on its way to its home port of Sasebo on Kyushu after serving as the flagship for the country's triennial fleet review Sunday at the port of Yokosuka.