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Trial of 2022 deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows a courtroom of the Kushiro District Court in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of the first hearing of a trial for the president of a tourist boat operator over a 2022 fatal marine accident. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula in April 2022, leaving 26 people dead or missing. (Pool photo)

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Bear family seen in Hokkaido

Photo taken on May 14, 2025, shows a bear and two cubs walking on a road in Shiretoko National Park in the northern Japanese town of Shari in Hokkaido. In Japan, sightings of bears coming down to populated areas in search of food, as well as reports of attacks on humans by the animals, are on the rise.

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[Breaking News]3rd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

SHARI, Japan, April 23 Kyodo - Shari Mayor Hiroaki Yamauchi bows during a memorial ceremony on April 23, 2025, as the town on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido marks the third anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing. (Kyodo)

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3rd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

Shari Mayor Hiroaki Yamauchi attends a memorial ceremony on April 23, 2025, as the town on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido marks the third anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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3rd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

Shari Mayor Hiroaki Yamauchi bows during a memorial ceremony on April 23, 2025, as the town on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido marks the third anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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3rd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A memorial ceremony is held in Shari on April 23, 2025, to mark the third anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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3rd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

Photo taken on April 23, 2025, shows the venue of a memorial ceremony to be held later in the day in Shari to mark the third anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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[Breaking News]2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A memorial ceremony is held in Shari on April 23, 2024, to mark the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.(Kyodo)

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Trans-Shiretoko Peninsula road reopens

Tourists take in the scenery at a viewing spot by the main road crossing the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on April 26, 2024. The road reopened the same day following a wintertime half-year closure.

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Trans-Shiretoko Peninsula road reopens

The main road crossing the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido reopens on April 26, 2024, following a wintertime half-year closure. Mt. Rausu can be seen in the background.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A woman bows at Utoro port in Shari on April 23, 2024, marking the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking in waters off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

Photo shows Utoro port in Shari on April 23, 2024, marking the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking in waters off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A memorial ceremony is held in Shari on April 23, 2024, to mark the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A memorial ceremony is held in Shari on April 23, 2024, to mark the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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2nd anniversary of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A memorial ceremony is held in Shari on April 23, 2024, to mark the second anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the town on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers enjoy the view from the deck of the "Aurora" sightseeing ship in waters off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat that departed from the same port sank with 26 on board.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers get on a sightseeing boat from Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

A sightseeing boat leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

The "Aurora" sightseeing ship is pictured in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers enjoy the view from the deck of the "Aurora" sightseeing ship in waters off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat that departed from the same port sank with 26 on board.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

The "Aurora" sightseeing ship is pictured in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

A sightseeing boat leaves Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Hokkaido's Shiretoko tour boats start cruises

Passengers get on a sightseeing boat from Utoro port in Shari, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 30, 2023, as cruise season began a year after a tour boat carrying 26 people that departed from the same port sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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1st anniv. of Hokkaido boat tragedy

A woman offers flowers to an altar set up at a roadside rest stop in the Utoro district of Shari on April 23, 2023, the first anniversary of a tourist boat sinking off the northern Japan town. The Kazu I sank during a three-hour cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula, leaving 20 people dead and six missing.

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Hokkaido to ban feeding brown bears to protect ecology

TOKYO, Japan - Brown bears look for pink salmon at a river mouth on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in this file photo taken on Sept. 9, 2014. Japan's northernmost prefectural government is set to designate brown bears from 2015 as subject to its biodiversity conservation ordinance, which prohibits feeding wild animals to protect ecology.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear is seen catching a pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear and its cubs are seen hunting for pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear with a pink salmon in its mouth and its cubs are seen at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear and its cubs are seen hunting for pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Tour guide shows how to roll 'kombu' in Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Tour guide Kazuko Hasegawa (L) demonstrates how to roll "kombu" sea tangle for tourists on Aug. 14, 2014, in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Man speaks about Rausu 'kombu' sea tangle

KUSHIRO, Japan - Kazuaki Ida of the Rausu Fisheries Cooperative Association explains the attractiveness of local "kombu" sea tangle in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 13, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Fisherman gathers 'kombu' off Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fisherman gathers "kombu" sea tangle off the coast of Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Whale watching off Rausu, Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan - A sperm whale swims in waters off Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 25, 2014. Whale watching in the area is gaining popularity.

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Sea eagles in northern Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles gather on drift ice off the Shiretoko Peninsula (back) in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 2, 2014.

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Sea eagles in northern Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles gather on drift ice off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 2, 2014.

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Wintering eagles gather on drift ice in Shiretoko, Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Eagles passing the winter in Shiretoko, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Hokkaido, northern Japan, gather over drift ice against the backdrop of the morning sun rising from behind the Russian-held Kunashiri Island. The brown bird in the center below is a white-tailed sea eagle designated as a national natural treasure, as are other birds known as Steller's sea eagles.

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Brown bears in Hokkaido

SHARI, Japan - A female brown bear and her cub hunt for salmon at the mouth of a river in the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013.

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Brown bears in Hokkaido

SHARI, Japan - A female brown bear and her cub hunt for salmon at the mouth of a river in the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the Shiretoko mountain range covered with snow and the First Lake of the Shiretoko Goko Lakes on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 5, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists walk on a snow-covered elevated wooden path around Shiretoko Goko Lakes on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 5, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a tour boat shows a brown bear around 150 meters away searching for food on a beach slope on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 6, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Yezo deer bucks lock horns as female deer watch on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 5, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - A Blakiston's fish owl hunts on a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 4, 2013.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - A northern fox appears from a bank by a snow-covered road on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 4, 2013.

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Sea eagle and drift ice

SAPPORO, Japan - A Steller's sea eagle flies over drift ice between the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, and Kunashiri Island (background) on Feb. 22, 2013.

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Sea eagles on drift ice

SAPPORO, Japan - Steller's sea eagles and white-tailed eagles are seen on drift ice in the sea between the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, and Kunashiri Island (background) on March 5, 2012.

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Sea eagles on drift ice

SAPPORO, Japan - Steller's sea eagles and white-tailed eagles are seen on drift ice in the sea between the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, and Kunashiri Island (background) on March 5, 2012.

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Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Keisuke Kuriyama, a medical student of the University of the Ryukyus, meets reporters at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, shortly after arriving there aboard a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship. Kuriyama was detained by the Russian authorities for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan after his rubber raft drifted away from Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, and was later handed over to the Japanese authorities.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - Sightseers aboard a whale watching boat photograph a killer whale in the waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - A killer whale breaches while another swims in waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido, in a photo taken from a boat on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area, with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.