An accident in which a tourist boat sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido last month saw the skull of a person found on the coast of the peninsula last month. I understand.
The Coast Guard Headquarters determined that the ship had died in the sinking accident, bringing the death toll to 15.
In April of this year, an accident in which the tourist boat "KAZU 1" (19 tons) carrying 26 passengers and crew sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, 14 passengers died and 12 people are missing. was gone.
The search for missing persons continues, and last month a group of volunteers found a human skull on the coast at the tip of the peninsula near the crash site.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, as a result of the police's appraisal of the bones, they were contacted earlier this month that they matched the DNA type of the missing passengers in the sinking accident.
The passenger's name has not been released, but the Japan Coast Guard has determined that he died in the sinking accident, bringing the death toll to 15.
According to officials, the passenger who was confirmed dead this time is a woman.
Approximately 30 other bones have been found along the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and DNA identification is underway.
In addition, of the bodies of four men and women believed to be Japanese who were reported by Russia to have been found on Sakhalin and Kunashiri Island in the Northern Territories, three of them will be picked up by a patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard. So, there is an agreement between the governments of Japan and Russia.