According to an interview with the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, the Russian authorities contacted the Japanese side that a body believed to be Japanese was found on the southern coast of Sakhalin.
There is a possibility that the missing person is a tourist boat that sank off the coast of Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, and it is expected that coordination will be carried out to identify the identity in the future.
In April, 14 people were killed and 12 people were missing in the accident in which the tourist boat "KAZU 1" sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and the search continues for more than four months.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, on the morning of August 31, the Russian authorities contacted the Russian authorities through diplomatic channels that a new body believed to be a Japanese male was found along the coast of the Tomari district in southern Sakhalin on August 28. That's it.
The Japan Coast Guard Headquarters is collecting information on the possibility that there is a possibility of missing people in the sinking accident, and it is expected that coordination will proceed with the Russian side to identify the identity in the future.
In addition, in Sakhalin and Kunashiri Island of the Northern Territories, the bodies of three men and women who are believed to be missing have been found between the time of the accident and this June, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The Japanese and Russian governments have agreed that a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat will pick up the three bodies at a port in southern Sakhalin.