China News Service, April 24. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the 24th local time, seven people on the missing Japanese sightseeing boat were found, but they were all unconscious and have been sent to the hospital.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has urgently returned to Tokyo from his business trip to listen to the accident report, and sent the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito Tiefu to the scene.
According to reports, on the 24th local time, the local search and rescue team first found 4 people, and then found 3 people, but all 7 people have lost consciousness.
Search and rescue is still ongoing.
After the accident, Fumio Kishida urgently returned to Tokyo from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Tiefu Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, has set off to the scene.
The local people expressed great concern and hoped that those in distress would be safe.
It was previously reported that on the afternoon of the 23rd local time, a sightseeing boat carrying 26 people lost contact in the waters off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido.
According to reports, there were a total of 24 passengers, including 2 children, as well as a captain and a crew member on board. Before the loss of contact, the ship issued a distress signal, saying that "the bow is submerged and tilted at 30 degrees, and the engine has failed. sink".