Society | Sep 11

3 bodies found in Russia after Hokkaido boat tragedy arrive in Japan

Sep 11 (Japan Today) - Three bodies recovered by Russia that are believed to be those of people missing from a tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido in April arrived in Japan on a coast guard vessel Saturday.

The bodies, discovered between May and June, were handed over to the Japan Coast Guard by Russian authorities the previous day following DNA tests conducted in Russia. The tests based on data sent from Japan showed the bodies were those of two of the passengers and a crew member of the sightseeing boat Kazu I, which sank in bad weather on April 23 leaving 15 dead and 11 missing.

The Hokkaido police will release the bodies to the victims' families after conducting further DNA tests, officials said.

The bodies are believed to be those of Akira Soyama, a 27-year-old deckhand, and a woman and man among those still unaccounted for.

One of the bodies was found in the southern part of Sakhalin and the others on Kunashiri Island. ...continue reading

Source: ANNnewsCH

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