Before noon on the 21st, a man in his 50s who tried to help a man who seemed to be a minor at the sea in Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture was drowned and taken to a hospital in an unconscious state, and police and fire departments are investigating the detailed situation.
Before noon on the 21st, the fire department was notified that a man was drowning near an artificial cape protruding into the sea on the coast of Kumiage, Hokota City.
Police and firefighters said the man in his 50s had drowned and was taken to hospital unconscious after being rescued by people on a watercraft nearby.
The man tried to help a man who seemed to be a minor because he was drowning, so the man who seems to be a minor was rescued and conscious.
Police and firefighters are investigating the exact circumstances.