President of operating company sentenced to 5 years in prison over sightseeing boat accident off Shiretoko coast, Kushiro District Court
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The Kushiro District Court sentenced the 62-year-old president of the operating company to five years in prison on charges of causing death due to professional negligence 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.