2 missing from Hokkaido tour boat possibly identified by DNA

Japan's coast guard said Friday that Russia informed it DNA samples taken from two bodies found on Kunashiri Island matched passengers from a tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido in April.The bodies are believed to be those of Akira Soyama, a 27-year-old deckhand, and a woman who were among 12 people still unaccounted for after the Kazu I sank in bad weather.The boat, carrying 26 people, went missing on April 23 after leaving port in Shari, a town on Japan's northernmost main island, for a cruise along the Shiretoko Peninsula. The vessel, which departed despite bad weather warnings, was loca…READ FULL ARTICLE