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Seiichi Katsurada, president of tour boat company Shiretoko Yuransen, at the Kushiro District Court in Hokkaido on Wednesday. Katsurada has been sentenced to five years in prison over a deadly boat sinking in 2022.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2026
Hokkaido tour boat operator sentenced to five years＊ jail over fatal 2022 sinking
Eighteen passengers and two crew members died after a tour boat sank on April 23, 2022, off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, with six passengers still unaccounted for.
Bereaved families lay flowers at a memorial ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the sinking of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula, on Thursday in the town of Shari, Hokkaido.
51勛圖厙
Apr 24, 2026
Victims of Hokkaido tour boat sinking remembered 4 years after
The 2022 accident involving the Kazu I boat in the Shiretoko Peninsula killed 20 people and left six others missing.
Defendant Seiichi Katsurada, president of Shiretoko Yuransen, enters the Kushiro District Court in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Five years sought for head of boat operator over fatal sinking
The court battle is centered on to what extent the head of Shiretoko Yuransen understood the planned course of the Kazu I boat and whether the accident was predictable.
Seiichi Katsurada, president of tour boat operator Shiretoko Yuransen, bows in front of the Kushiro District Court on Wednesday prior to the first hearing of his trial.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2025
Head of Hokkaido tour boat operator pleads not guilty over fatal sinking
The operator＊s president apologized to the bereaved families of the accident, which left 20 passengers and crew members dead and six others unaccounted for.
Flotation devices from the missing tour boat Kazu 1 drift at a rocky coastal area of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Shari, Hokkaido, in April 2022.
51勛圖厙
Oct 29, 2025
First hearing on fatal Hokkaido tour boat sinking set for Nov. 12
The Kazu I tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in April 2022, killing 20 of its 26 passengers and crew members and leaving the other six missing.
Relatives of victims of a tour boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April 2022 pay tribute to their loved ones at sea on Sunday.
51勛圖厙
Jul 13, 2025
Victims of 2022 tour boat sinking in Hokkaido remembered at sea
On April 23, 2022, the Kazu I tour boat sank off the peninsula, killing 20 of its 26 passengers and crew, with the other six still missing.
A bereaved family member prays at a port in Shari, Hokkaido, to mourn the victims of the Kazu I boat sinking on its third anniversary on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / FOCUS
Apr 24, 2025
Hokkaido fisher to hold memorial service for tour boat accident victims
Sakurai instantly decided to organize the offshore memorial service when he saw photos recovered from a 34-year-old Kazu I passenger＊s digital camera.
A digital camera found near the tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula in August was identified as belonging to Yu Nudeshima, a passenger of the Kazu I tour boat that sank on April 23, 2022, with 26 people on board.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2024
Passenger＊s photos from Hokkaido boat accident retrieved 2? years on
The images offer a glimpse of April 23, 2022 〞 the day the Kazu I tour boat sank off Hokkaido＊s Shiretoko Peninsula with 26 people on board.
The vehicle taking Seiichi Katsurada to the Kushiro District Public Prosecutor's Office in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2024
Hokkaido boat operator＊s president charged over fatal 2022 sinking
A total of 20 passengers and crew were confirmed dead and six are listed as missing following a tour boat sinking in April of 2022.
Japan Coast Guard officials search for missing people after the fatal sinking of the Kazu I tour boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido.
51勛圖厙
Oct 4, 2024
Japan to require passenger ships sailing in cold waters to carry life rafts
The move follows the deadly sinking of the Kazu I tour boat off Hokkaido in April 2022.
Shiretoko Yuransen President Seiichi Katsurada (center) in Shari, Hokkaido, in May 2022. Katsurada admitted to having little knowledge of ships in an interview before his arrest on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2024
Hokkaido boat operator in 2022 fatal sinking had little knowledge of ships
He made himself the company＊s safety and operational manager despite lacking the necessary qualifications after dismissing key employees during the pandemic.
Shiretoko Yuransen President Seiichi Katsurada (center) in Shari, Hokkaido, in May 2022
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2024
Hokkaido boat operator head arrested over 2022 fatal sinking
Of the 26 people onboard the boat, 20 died while six remain missing.
A team of lawyers representing bereaved families of victims of the 2022 sightseeing tour boat accident off Hokkaido heads to the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo to file a lawsuit on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2024
Bereaved families sue operator over Hokkaido boat accident
The 29 family members of 14 passengers of the sunken boat are seeking ?1.5 billion ($9.2 million) in damages from the boat operator and its president.
A man offers flowers in Shari, Hokkaido, Tuesday for the victims of the fatal sinking of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido two years ago.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2024
Hokkaido boat operator probe ongoing two years after fatal sinking
Thirty relatives of passengers plan to file a group lawsuit against the operator＊s president at the Sapporo District Court as early as next month.
51勛圖厙
Sep 7, 2023
Hokkaido tour boat sinking caused by safety gaps, report says
The operator of the Kazu I sightseeing tour boat, which sank off Hokkaido last year, had no safety management system, according to a government report
51勛圖厙
Apr 24, 2023
Establishing criminal case against Hokkaido boat operator over accident proving difficult
Investigators are finding it difficult to establish a criminal case against the president of a tour boat operator over a fatal accident off Hokkaido.
51勛圖厙
Oct 24, 2022
Japan accelerates boat safety review six months after fatal Hokkaido accident
The transport ministry aims to decide details by year-end and submit legislation for the revision at next year＊s ordinary session of the parliament.
51勛圖厙
Aug 27, 2022
Russia to hand over three bodies found after tour boat sinking to Japan
A Japan Coast Guard ship is expected to visit a port in Korsakov on Sakhalin island in September or later to pick up the bodies.
51勛圖厙
Jul 23, 2022
Three bodies, believed to be missing Hokkaido tour boat passengers, still kept by Russia
The Japanese and Russian governments are still negotiating the handover of the bodies discovered on the Russian island of Sakhalin and Kunashiri.
51勛圖厙
Apr 25, 2022
Hokkaido boat accident highlights the risks of nature tourism
Firms offering boat tours of the Shiretoko Peninsula have agreed not to operate during Golden Week, and officials are worried that the incident will keep tourists away from Hokkaido.
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