The Japan Coast Guard continued its search Friday of the sea around a Russia-controlled, Japan-claimed island off Hokkaido, two weeks after a tour boat sinking left 14 people dead and 12 missing.
A patrol boat searched the area near Kunashiri Island, one of four islands claimed by both countries, after Moscow permitted the boat to operate based on a bilateral accord on maritime accidents.
Other boats and airplanes, meanwhile, searched around the Shiretoko Peninsula close to where the sunken tour boat was found on April 29.