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Tour boat with 26 aboard loses contact off Hokkaido

The Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido is a World Natural Heritage site. (Photo: Kyodo News)

A tourist boat with 26 crew and passengers including two children went missing on Saturday while on a tour around the scenic Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said.

The KAZU I reported to the coast guard it was taking on water around 1.15pm local time, and then told its operator that it was tilting 30 degrees around 3pm before losing contact, the coast guard said.

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