On the evening of the 29th, a boy was found buried in a sandy beach on the coast of Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, and was taken to a hospital, but was confirmed dead.
Police are investigating the possibility that it may have been buried in the sand that had collapsed for some reason.
Around 4 pm on the 29th, a person who passed by a report saying that "a child is buried in a sandy beach" was on fire at the Ibii coast in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture.
When the fire department and police rushed in, the boy was found buried in a sandy beach and was taken to a hospital in Miyazaki City, but police said he was confirmed dead after 6:30 pm.
Near the site, there was a wave-dissipating block near the water, and part of it was covered with sand.
Police are investigating in detail, considering that the boy may have been buried in the sand that collapsed for some reason when he was near the wave-dissipating block due to the situation at the scene.
A man in his 60s who lived nearby said he lent a shovel to rescue a child buried in the sand. It looks like it's gone. "