10 Found Dead After Japanese Tour Boat With 26 Aboard Sinks

10 Found Dead After Japanese Tour Boat With 26 Aboard Sinks
A rescuer being lifted in a search operation for missing passengers and crew members of a sunken tour boat off Shiretoko Peninsula, northern Japan of Hokkaido, on April 24, 2022. Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP
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TOKYO—Rescuers said that 10 people who were retrieved Sunday from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a northern Japanese national park had died, a day after a tour boat with 26 aboard apparently sank in rough waters, triggering questions why it was allowed to sail.

The search for the others is still ongoing after the boat sent a distress call on Saturday afternoon saying it was sinking. The location, near the Kashuni Waterfall, is known as a difficult place to maneuver boats because of its rocky coastline and strong tide.