Another 'body-bearing' boat was found floating on the coast of the northern coast of Japan. These are called spectacular ships. Four boats were found in this month. This year, 59 such spectacular ships arrived on the coast of Japan. The idea is that they came from North Korea.
On Sunday, the boats were seen floating in the northern coast of Japan on the coast of Akita. Local police later recovered eight bodies from the boat. Most of the dead bodies were melted, from which it can be assumed that the boat floated in the sea with the bodies for a long time.
Police said that the boat was identified as Korean by seeing a 20 meter long boat structure and a mast. In addition, cigarette packets made in North Korea are also available in North Korea. Although no formal comment has been made about this, but it is believed that the boat came from North Korea as before.
On November 23, a resident of Akita region told the police about the unknown people near the coast at night. Police later confirmed that he was a resident of North Korea.
Earlier, last week another boat was recovered from the island of Sado in the same region. Two corpses were found in it. In addition, in the beginning of November, another North Korean ship sank in Japan's sea coast. Later, Japan Coastguard was able to recover three of the survivors, the remaining 15 boatman could not be found.
"People here are definitely concerned," said Takesh Suman, the head of the international affairs government body of Akita, who spoke to Deutsche Welle. We have heard that these are all coming from North Korea. But there is still no confirmation. Tamemi Suma said that residents have been advised to stay alert about the strangers.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the Coast Guard and police are working in guarding Japanese coastal areas. The government wants to improve the situation, so that no suspicious boat or person can enter Japan.
Jeff Kingston, director of Japanese Studies Department of Japan's Temple University, told Deutsche Welle, "At the moment the North Korean food shortage is frustrating, and in various news reports, we know that many people are getting away on the ocean in the hope of more fish. Because, fish are not available in nearby sea areas. The government has leased the Chinese fishing fleet in many parts. These wooden boats are not suitable for boiling ocean. Most of the jails do not have the fishing skills in the remote sea. Lots of people are endangered in this way.
In most cases, there is no other way than to rely on the wind and the waves when the engine gets destroyed in the middle of the ocean. That is why day after day, the sailors died on the floating day and after a long time the boats with molten bodies reached the coast.