Today's verdict in the criminal trial of the president of the operating company for the sightseeing boat sinking off the coast of Shiretoko

A verdict will be handed down on the 17th for the president of the operating company who was charged with professional negligence causing death in the accident in which a sightseeing boat sank off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, killing 20 passengers and crew and leaving six missing.