Sapporo –
Relatives of victims of a 2022 Kazu I tour boat accident off the coast of Hokkaido sued the boat’s operator and chairman for damages on Wednesday.
In the lawsuit filed in the Sapporo District Court, the plaintiffs, including 29 relatives of 14 passengers on the sunken boat, are seeking about ¥1.499 million ($9.2 million) in damages from Shiretoko Yuransen, the boat’s operator in the city of Shari on Hokkaido, and its president Seiichi Katsurada, 61.
On April 23, 2022, the boat sank in the afternoon off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido, killing 20 passengers and crew and leaving six missing.
