10 Found Dead After Japan Tour Boat With 26 Aboard Sinks
Fishing boats leave a port to search for a missing tour boat in Shari, in the northern island of Hokkaido, on April 24.
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Tokyo (AP) -- 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.