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August 13, 2026
 

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MARINE ACCIDENTS

The two boats that capsized off the Henoko coastal area of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in March
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2026
Kyoto high school searched over fatal boat accident in Okinawa
Doshisha International Senior High School was raided by the Japan Coast guard on Saturday on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death.
Da Tay Island in the Spratly archipelago on Jan. 6, 2013. After their boat sunk, 33 fishermen from the vessel Khoi Nguyen were brought to Da Tay island, while rescue teams continue to search for 17 still missing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2026
17 missing after Vietnamese ship sinks in South China Sea
In a separate incident on Friday, a different Vietnamese vessel sank amid rough seas in the area, with 33 fishermen rescued and three missing
A rescue team searches for survivors after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in November 2025 near the Thailand-Malaysia border. Rohingya undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2026
Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar, U.N. says
Myanmar¡¯s Rohingya undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions, traveling aboard rickety boats often operated by trafficking networks.
Seiichi Katsurada, president of tour boat company Shiretoko Yuransen, at the Kushiro District Court in Hokkaido on Wednesday. Katsurada has been sentenced to five years in prison over a deadly boat sinking in 2022.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2026
Hokkaido tour boat operator sentenced to five years¡¯ jail over fatal 2022 sinking
Eighteen passengers and two crew members died after a tour boat sank on April 23, 2022, off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, with six passengers still unaccounted for.
Bereaved families lay flowers at a memorial ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the sinking of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula, on Thursday in the town of Shari, Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2026
Victims of Hokkaido tour boat sinking remembered 4 years after
The 2022 accident involving the Kazu I boat in the Shiretoko Peninsula killed 20 people and left six others missing.
Defendant Seiichi Katsurada, president of Shiretoko Yuransen, enters the Kushiro District Court in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Five years sought for head of boat operator over fatal sinking
The court battle is centered on to what extent the head of Shiretoko Yuransen understood the planned course of the Kazu I boat and whether the accident was predictable.
Mohammed Rofique, a survivor from the boat that capsized in the Andaman Sea, speaks on the phone with relatives at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2026
Rohingya survivor recounts ordeal as 250 missing in Andaman Sea tragedy
Before the boat capsized, one ?of the survivors said passengers on the boat endured four days and nights at sea as conditions rapidly deteriorated.
Two boats that capsized ¡ª leaving two people dead, including a high school student from Kyoto ¡ª in the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 20
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2026
Probe into fatal Okinawa boat incident continues one month on
At the time of the incident, wind speeds of up to 4 meters per second were recorded around the site, and a wave advisory was in place.
Investigators from the Japan Coast Guard seize materials from the office of a civic group in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, which operated boats that capsized in a deadly accident last month during a study trip of students from the Doshisha International Senior High School.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2026
School operator to face probe over fatal boat accident in Okinawa
Two vessels carrying students from Doshisha International Senior High School capsized while viewing land reclamation work for the planned transfer a U.S. military base.
Damage on the cargo ship was likely caused by a collision with a fishing boat that occurred Tuesday morning.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2026
Four dead in Aomori after cargo ship¡¯s collision with fishing boat
Crew members from the fishing boat said they had stopped the engine early on Tuesday and were preparing to fish when the cargo ship rammed into them.
The Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. Two people died Monday after two boats capsized in the area.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2026
High school student and captain die after boats capsize off Henoko in Okinawa
The boats were carrying students from a high school in Kyoto Prefecture who were visiting Okinawa for peace studies.
The stern of a recreational fishing boat that collided with a cargo ship off Toba, Mie Prefecture, splitting the hull in two, on Friday
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2026
Cargo ship¡¯s officer arrested after fatal collision with fishing boat off Mie
The coast guard arrested a 21-year-old second navigation officer, who was steering the cargo ship, on suspicion of professional negligence.
Students of Uwajima Fisheries High School lay flowers at a memorial ceremony for those who died in the Ehime Maru accident, on Tuesday in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2026
Nine Ehime Maru tragedy victims remembered 25 years on
About 260 people attended a memorial ceremony held at a high school in the city of Uwajima in Ehime Prefecture.
A cliff in Hawaii. A Japanese tourist has died in the Island of Hawaii after jumping from a cliff into the ocean.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2025
Japanese tourist dies after diving into sea in Hawaii
Kan Ogoshi, 26, did not surface after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the Island of Hawaii on Sunday afternoon.
Seiichi Katsurada, president of tour boat operator Shiretoko Yuransen, bows in front of the Kushiro District Court on Wednesday prior to the first hearing of his trial.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2025
Head of Hokkaido tour boat operator pleads not guilty over fatal sinking
The operator¡¯s president apologized to the bereaved families of the accident, which left 20 passengers and crew members dead and six others unaccounted for.
Flotation devices from the missing tour boat Kazu 1 drift at a rocky coastal area of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Shari, Hokkaido, in April 2022.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2025
First hearing on fatal Hokkaido tour boat sinking set for Nov. 12
The Kazu I tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in April 2022, killing 20 of its 26 passengers and crew members and leaving the other six missing.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2025
U.S. Navy helicopter and fighter jet in separate South China Sea crashes
A Sea Hawk helicopter went down about 2:45 p.m. on Sunday ¡°while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz,¡± the U.S. Navy said.
Small boats and sightseeing ferries gather around a fireworks barge (foreground) on July 19 at Kure Port in Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025
Japan Coast Guard warns of boat accidents that may occur at firework events
Of the ship accidents related to fireworks festivals that occurred between 2005 and 2024, 92 were within the jurisdiction of the Japan Coast Guard¡¯s 6th regional headquarters.
Smoke rises from the US Navy vessel USS New Orleans as water is sprayed to help put out the fire, near the White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 21, 2025
Fire on U.S. Navy ship off Japan put out after burning for 12 hours
Two U.S. sailors were treated for minor injuries from the fire on the USS New Orleans, anchored near Okinawa, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement.
A yacht and a cargo ship collided near Hoto Island in Oita Prefecture on Wednesday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025
Gravel carrier captain arrested over deadly yacht collision in Oita
Yuki Mochizuki, 28, was arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and endangering traffic through negligence.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
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¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
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Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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