Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Cruises reopen after deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

People prepare to board a tourist boat in Shari, Hokkaido, on June 16, 2022. Three tourist boat operators based at Utoro port in the northern Japan town reopened sightseeing cruises the same day for the first time since a tourist boat operated by another company sank in April with 26 people aboard in bad weather.

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