The coast guard said all seven people were found in the same area near the tip of the peninsula north of where the boat sent a distress call on Saturday.
An orange-colored, square-shaped lifesaving float with the boat’s name on it was also found near the rocks, the coast guard said.
Average April sea temperatures in Shiretoko National Park are just above freezing, which experts say would cause hypothermia. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cut short his attendance at a two-day summit in Kumamoto in southern Japan and returned to Tokyo. He told reporters early Sunday that he instructed officials “to do everything they can for the rescue.”
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