Bereaved families and others on Thursday mourned victims of a sightseeing tour boat's sinking in Hokkaido on the fourth anniversary of the accident, which killed 20 people and left six others missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/hokkaido-shiretoko-tour-boat-accident-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

Public prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for the president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in 2022, leaving more than 20 people aboard dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/17/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-prosecutors-five-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

A court decided Wednesday to hold on Nov. 12 the first hearing of the criminal trial for a tour boat operator charged with professional negligence over the fatal sinking of a tour boat in Hokkaido in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/hokkaido-boat-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

Relatives of passengers who died or went missing when a tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April 2022 paid tribute to their loved ones at sea on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/shiretoko-tour-boat-sinking-victims-remembered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

The head of a tour boat operator whose vessel sank off Hokkaido in 2022, killing 20 and resulting in the disappearance of six others, didn’t “know much about ships.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/19/japan/crime-legal/japan-hokkaido-boat-sink-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #ships #cruiseships #marineaccidents