Deepwater divers who searched inside a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in April found no traces of the missing, local authorities said Thursday, as efforts continue to locate them after the accident left 14 people dead and 12 still unaccounted for. The divers will conclude the search as early…
A vessel carrying divers trained to work at great depths arrives at a port in eastern Hokkaido in preparation for a search inside a tour boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula last month, leaving 14 people dead and 12 missing.
The authorities are conducting a special probe into the incident as Shiretoko Yuransen was found to have violated safety rules in allowing the 19-ton Kazu to depart on April 23.
The Japan Coast Guard continued its search Friday of the sea around a Russia-controlled, Japan-claimed island off Hokkaido, two weeks after a tour boat accident that left 14 people dead and 12 missing. A patrol boat searched the area near Kunashiri Island, one of four islands claimed by both countries,…