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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Shiretoko search finds bones, belongings

Hokkaido prefectural police officers board a patrol boat to begin a search operation in Shari, Hokkaido, on Thursday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

SHARI, Hokkaido -- Police found what appeared to be several human bones Thursday on the western tip of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula during an intensive search for people still missing after the sinking of the Kazu I sightseeing boat in April, the Hokkaido prefectural police said.

The police plan to carry out DNA tests to determine any connection with the accident.

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