ABASHIRI, Hokkaido The salvage operation of the Kazu I pleasure boat was completed on June 1 with the vessel safely unloaded and transported to a storage area at a port here, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The Kazu I tour boat that sank off Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido was successfully hoisted aboard a barge in the early hours of May 27, after a previous attempt to retrieve it was unsuccessful.