On the afternoon of the 30th, a pleasure boat was found capsized off the coast of Oarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, and two men floating on the nearby sea were rescued and transported to a hospital. Died.
Around 1:30 pm on the 30th, an employee of the "Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium" in Oarai Town found a ship capsized in the sea about 500 meters from the coast where the aquarium is located, "a little away. I can see something that looks like a human head floating in the air," and called 118.
When the Ibaraki Coast Guard Headquarters sent a patrol boat to the site, they found that the pleasure boat had capsized and two men were floating nearby. It means one person died.
On the other hand, the other man was able to talk and said that the two of them were fishing and that for some reason it capsized.
According to the Mito Local Meteorological Observatory, a high wave warning of 2.5 meters with swells is expected off the coast of Oarai during this period.
The Coast Guard is investigating the details and cause of the accident.