The Japanese Coast Guard said its helicopters found four of the 26 people on a tour boat that had gone missing the day before off the northern island of Hokkaido. It's unclear if they were found alive. The vessel had sent a distress call 18 hours earlier.
The four people were found near the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula, but the coast guard said it could not confirm whether they were rescued alive. NHK public television said they were unconscious.
Sunday’s rescue came after nearly 19 hours of intense search involving six patrol boats, several aircraft and divers. The coast guard said the search continued through the night.The 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency call in the early afternoon, saying the ship’s bow had flooded and it was beginning to sink and tilt while traveling off the western coast of Shiretoko Peninsula near the northern island of Hokkaido, the coast guard said.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but experts suspect the boat ran aground and was damaged.
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