An handout picture taken and provided on 01 August 2015 by 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters shows a Japan Coast Guards vessel (L) spraying water on the Sunflower Daisetsu car ferry off Tomakomai port, Hokkaido, Japan. - EPA
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2015 (AFP) - Japanese rescuers said Monday they had found the body of a person believed to be a missing crew member on a ferry that caught fire last week, prompting the evacuation of dozens of passengers.
Kunihiko Orita, a 44-year-old second officer, disappeared as he battled the blaze on the Sunflower Daisetsu off the coast of northern Japan on Friday.
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