A memorial service for the victims of a tourist boat that sank off the coast of the northern main island of Hokkaido is held to mark one year since the tragedy that left 20 people dead and six missing.
A memorial service for the victims of a tourist boat that sank off the coast of the northern main island of Hokkaido was held Sunday to mark one year since the tragedy that left 20 people dead and six missing. At the ceremony held in the Utoro district of Shari…
The salvage operation of the sunken sightseeing boat Kazu I off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido resumed on May 23, the one-month anniversary of the tragedy.
Firms offering boat tours of the Shiretoko Peninsula have agreed not to operate during Golden Week, and officials are worried that the incident will keep tourists away from Hokkaido.