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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

6 months on, search continues for victims of Shiretoko boat tragedy

The tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula, where authorities conducted an intensive three-day search (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

SAPPORO -- With Sunday marking six months since a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido with no survivors among the 26 passengers and crew members, authorities were engaged in an intensive search for the six whose remains have still not been found.

The 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and Hokkaido prefectural police discovered 13 bone fragments during a search along the coast of the peninsula on Saturday. That came after the discovery of three bone fragments on Friday.

About 30 police officers, rescue workers and others scoured the area on foot along the shore or by diving in the nearby waters during the three-day-intensive search through Sunday.

The Kazu I sightseeing boat sank in April.

Of the 26 aboard, 20 have been confirmed dead.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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