Japan gov't to salvage Hokkaido tour boat next week, 12 still missing

Japan plans to salvage as early as Monday a tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido last month, officials said Friday, as deepwater divers ended their two-day search inside the boat without a trace of the 12 people still missing.The transport ministry, together with a private company, will commence the salvaging work Saturday, the officials said, estimating that the operation will cost about 140 million yen ($1 million).The 19-ton boat, Kazu I, which currently sits on the seabed some 120 meters below the surface, went missing off the Shiretoko Peninsula on April 23, and 14 of the 26 people on b…READ FULL ARTICLE