
A police helicopter is seen conducting a search operation near Cape Shiretoko in Hokkaido on Thursday.
18:25 JST, April 28, 2022
Three more people were found Thursday, five days after a sightseeing boat went missing off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The three people were found east of the peninsula.
Twenty-six passengers and crew members — including two children — were on board when the boat went missing after calling for rescue west of the peninsula on Saturday. Eleven people had previously been found and confirmed dead.
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