On the morning of the 14th, the whereabouts of a man in his 70s who went to see the ship on the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, is unknown, and police and fire departments are searching the area.
Around 10:30 am on the 14th, the fire department received a report that "an acquaintance may have been washed away" in the Kuma River in Shichichimachi, Hitoyoshi City.
According to police and fire departments, the missing person is a man in his 70s in Nishiki-cho who was going to the Kuma River to see the ship at that time.
Police and fire departments are searching the surrounding area and the lower reaches, but they have not been found so far.