THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 26, 2022 at 14:09 JST
Fishing boat crews return to Shari in Hokkaido on April 25 after wrapping up their search efforts for the day. (Nobuo Fujiwara)
Japan moved to avoid any misunderstanding by notifying Russia that efforts to locate more than a dozen people missing in a tour boat tragedy off Hokkaido could result in searchers encroaching in waters around islands controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo. [Read More]
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