By MASANORI ISOBE/ Staff Writer
May 1, 2022 at 16:54 JST
The Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel Izushima sails off the western coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on May 1. Kunashiri Island is seen in the background. (Takuya Tanabe)
The captain of a sightseeing boat that sank in frigid waters off eastern Hokkaido last month with 25 others on board asked before he set out to be allowed to use his mobile phone for communications, apparently because the satellite phone was out of action, sources said. [Read More]
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