In the accident where a tourist boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard has been working on the discovery of 12 unknown people from the 29th to the 3rd, covering a wide area around Kunashir Island in the Northern Territories. We are strengthening our posture and conducting intensive searches.
On the 23rd of last month, 14 passengers were killed in the accident where the tour boat "KAZU 1" (19 tons) sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and the whereabouts of 12 people are still unknown.
The Japan Coast Guard is poised for three days from the 29th, as no missing persons have been found for the last month on the 28th of last month, and no one was found inside the tour boat that was withdrawn from the seabed. We are strengthening and conducting intensive searches.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, as of 11:00 am on the 29th, a total of 12 vessels such as the Japan Coast Guard and the Self-Defense Forces and aircraft will be used in a wide range from the area around the Shiretoko Peninsula to the area around Kunashir Island in the Northern Territories. I am searching.
Of these, six Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels have been dispatched around Kunashiri Island, strengthening the system from a maximum of three vessels so far.
In addition, police are searching on land along the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and private tour boats and fishing boats will also cooperate in the search depending on the weather conditions.
On the other hand, the Japan Coast Guard has begun full-scale investigation of the cause of the accident, such as on-site inspection of the hull lifted from the seabed on the 28th. I am going to proceed with the investigation on suspicion of.