A human bone found on the coast of the peninsula in August after a sightseeing boat sank off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko peninsula was found to match the DNA type of a male passenger who had gone missing. However, I learned from an interview with the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.
20 people died in this accident, and the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters will continue the search for the remaining six missing persons.
In April this year, an accident in which the tourist boat "KAZU 1" with a total of 26 passengers and crew sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula killed 19 people so far, and the whereabouts of 7 people were unknown. .
The search for missing persons is still ongoing, and on August 18, a search party of the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters found a total of 11 human bones in Bunkichi Bay at the tip of the peninsula. rice field.
According to the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, as a result of the police appraisal, both bones matched the DNA type of a 46-year-old passenger living in Osaka who was missing in the sinking accident.
The Japan Coast Guard has not released the real name of the deceased as the consent of the bereaved family has not been obtained.
This brings the total death toll from the sinking to 20.
The Coast Guard Headquarters will continue to search for the remaining six missing persons.