Japan says nine people have been rescued in the area of ​​the disappearance of the cruise ship KAZU 1

NHK writes about it.

"The agency says... nine people were rescued, believed to be among the 26 people on board the vessel," the channel said.

Officials say the two rescued were unconscious when they were taken to the hospital.

They were seen near the Shiretoko peninsula in the east of Hokkaido prefecture.

Earlier it was reported about the discovery of seven people from a cruise ship.

On April 23, it became known that employees of the Japan Maritime Safety Administration could not detect the KAZU 1 cruise ship off the coast of the northern island of Hokkaido.