Flotation devices from the missing tour boat "Kazu 1" drift at a rocky coastal area of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Shari, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan April 24, 2022 in this handout image taken and released by 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters. Courtesy 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters - Japan Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Inquiries began into what caused the disappearance of a Japanese tour boat off the nation's northern coast as search efforts intensified on Monday to find the boat and its missing passengers, with the confirmed death toll rising to 11.
So far nothing has been found of the ship, the "Kazu I," which left harbour on Saturday on one of the sightseeing trips for which the northern Shiretoko peninsula is famous carrying 24 passengers, including 2 children, and two crew members. Only a few orange orange flotation devices bearing its name have been discovered adrift by a rocky area along the rugged coastline.
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