A tourist boat that was salvaged after it sank in waters off Hokkaido was lifted on Wednesday from the barge that carried it to port and transported for further investigation into the accident that killed 14 and left another 12 missing.After being craned off the barge at Abashiri Port, the 19-ton Kazu I was loaded on a large truck and taken to a facility several hundred meters away.Later in the day, families of those killed or lost in the accident off Japan's northernmost main island were given the chance to see the vessel and place flowers for their loved ones.The boat, which sank in bad w…READ FULL ARTICLE
