THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 8, 2022 at 18:48 JST
The Shinnichi Maru leaves Abashiri Port in Hokkaido on May 7 to join the search for people still missing in the April 23 tour boat tragedy. (Takayuki Kakuno)
SHARI, Hokkaido--Rescuers deployed a remotely operated submersible for the first time May 8 to search the interior of a sunken sightseeing boat as efforts continued to locate people still missing two weeks after the disaster off eastern Hokkaido. [Read More]
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