One month after two boats capsized off Okinawa Prefecture — leaving two people aboard dead, including a female high school student — authorities are continuing their investigations into details of the incident, such as why the vessels sailed out despite safety concerns.
The Japan Coast Guard’s (JGC) 11th regional headquarters in Naha seized the two boats and searched facilities related to the organization that operated the ship on suspicions including professional negligence resulting in death and injury.
The JCG regional branch aims to clarify the circumstances regarding the decision by the boats’ captains to depart and whether the decision was appropriate, by interviewing officials from Doshisha International Senior High School in Kyoto Prefecture, which the female student attended, among other measures. The decision on whether to depart was left to the captains.
AloJapan.com