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Bereaved families and others on Thursday mourned victims of a sightseeing tour boat's sinking in Hokkaido on the fourth anniversary of the accident, which killed 20 people and left six others missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/hokkaido-shiretoko-tour-boat-accident-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

Public prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for the president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in 2022, leaving more than 20 people aboard dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/17/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-prosecutors-five-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

A court decided Wednesday to hold on Nov. 12 the first hearing of the criminal trial for a tour boat operator charged with professional negligence over the fatal sinking of a tour boat in Hokkaido in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/hokkaido-boat-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

Hokkaido’s Bears: Harmonious Coexistence Wanted

SAPPOROー Parks in the region have been cordoned off with yellow do-not-enter tape, hiking trails closed, and access to popular viewing spots restricted. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, has been on bear alert al…
#Japan #JP #Hokkaido #agnestandler #Bears #environment #HokkaidoNews #Kunashiri #Kushiro #nature #news #rausu #ShiretokoPeninsula #ussuribrownbears #北海道
https://www.alojapan.com/1386070/hokkaidos-bears-harmonious-coexistence-wanted/

Hokkaido’s Bears: Harmonious Coexistence Wanted

SAPPOROー Parks in the region have been cordoned off with yellow do-not-enter tape, hiking trails closed, and access to popular viewing spots restricted. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, has been on bear alert al…
#Japan #JP #Hokkaido #agnestandler #Bears #environment #HokkaidoNews #Kunashiri #Kushiro #nature #news #rausu #ShiretokoPeninsula #ussuribrownbears #北海道
https://www.alojapan.com/1386070/hokkaidos-bears-harmonious-coexistence-wanted/

https://www.alojapan.com/1386070/hokkaidos-bears-harmonious-coexistence-wanted/ Hokkaido’s Bears: Harmonious Coexistence Wanted #AgnesTandler #Bears #environment #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #Kunashiri #Kushiro #nature #news #rausu #ShiretokoPeninsula #UssuriBrownBears #北海道 SAPPOROー Parks in the region have been cordoned off with yellow do-not-enter tape, hiking trails closed, and access to popular viewing spots restricted. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, has been on bear alert all summer. And with autumn approac

https://www.alojapan.com/1386070/hokkaidos-bears-harmonious-coexistence-wanted/ Hokkaido’s Bears: Harmonious Coexistence Wanted #AgnesTandler #Bears #environment #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #Kunashiri #Kushiro #nature #news #rausu #ShiretokoPeninsula #UssuriBrownBears #北海道 SAPPOROー Parks in the region have been cordoned off with yellow do-not-enter tape, hiking trails closed, and access to popular viewing spots restricted. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, has been on bear alert all summer. And with autumn approac

Relatives of passengers who died or went missing when a tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April 2022 paid tribute to their loved ones at sea on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/shiretoko-tour-boat-sinking-victims-remembered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

The head of a tour boat operator whose vessel sank off Hokkaido in 2022, killing 20 and resulting in the disappearance of six others, didn’t “know much about ships.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/19/japan/crime-legal/japan-hokkaido-boat-sink-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #ships #cruiseships #marineaccidents