A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat arriving at a port in southern Sakhalin, heading for the delivery of the bodies of three people found along the coast of Kunashiri Island in the Northern Territories after a sightseeing boat sunk off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula. Did.
The patrol boat will receive the body after this and is expected to return to Otaru Port on the 10th.
In April, 15 passengers died in an accident in which the sightseeing boat "KAZU1" carrying a total of 26 passengers and crew sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and 11 are still missing.
The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship "Tsugaru" was heading to the site to receive the bodies of three people who were found missing in the accident on the coast of Kunashiri Island and Sakhalin in the Northern Territories from Russia at 7 am. We arrived at Korsakov Port in the southern part of Sakhalin around 3:30.
The patrol boat will receive the body at the wharf after this, and is expected to return to Otaru Port on the 10th.
According to officials, the results of the DNA analysis conducted by the Russian authorities so far show that the bodies of a man and a woman found on Kunashiri Island match the DNA data of the missing passengers and crew members, respectively. The body of the man who was found is consistent with the DNA data of a passenger living in Hokkaido who is also missing.
After transferring the body to Japan, the Japan Coast Guard plans to carry out DNA analysis again to identify the identity.