SHARI, Hokkaido Drift ice moving south in the Sea of Okhotsk reached the coast of the scenic Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido on Feb. 2, according to the Shiretoko National Park Nature Center here.
Crew members guided the Kazu I tour boat into dangerous waters that poured through a flawed hatch on the deck and caused the vessel to sink in Hokkaido in April, investigators said.
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A tourist boat that sank off Japan s northernmost main island of Hokkaido last month has been salvaged and will arrive at the port of Abashiri later on May 27, setting the stage for a full-fledged investigation into the cause of the accident that left 14 people dead and 12 missing.
A tourist boat that sank off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido last month arrived at the port of Abashiri on Friday after being salvaged, setting the stage for a full-fledged investigation into the cause of the accident that left 14 people dead and 12 missing. The 19-ton Kazu I,…