Sightseeing boat company chief arrested for deadly 2022 accident

Still waiting for the authorities in charge of inspecting the boat companies to also be held responsible.

Their problem was anyone going into the freezing water had a life expectancy of 20 minutes and any rescue attempt would take 40 minutes.

Throw the book at this mutt! He cared more about money than the safety of his crew or passengers!

As I recall, the tour boat company president was not in his office when the captain of the tour boat made a panicked distress call (using a passenger's borrowed cellphone) to ask what he should do as the boat was sinking. The defendant, Seiichi Katsurada had driven into town to look after an errand...

Like Virusrex said, who at MLIT is going to be held accountable for their lax, and negligent oversight.

Good.

an additional six people are still listed officially as missing

I don't mean to sound callous - but it's well past time to list these six as deceased.

I remember this well. The weather was way too rough for the boat to be out there full of people. I’m not surprised he was arrested. Let’s see what punishment awaits him, if any.

Common sense dictates that you as a human should check the weather conditions, the state of the vessel ( ship ) that you will be traveling in and other safety measures in place before going on such trips! Yes, we can blame the boat operators but at the same time every guest who boarded that dodgy looking boat and went on the sightseeing cruise during such extreme weather conditions also need to take responsibility for their mistakes!

No boat up that way, let alone ANY tourist boat should go out without life rafts for more than the maximum number of people. (when normal passengers panic, they may launch it with out everyone in it, so need more than enough)

There are very affordable, self activating knees with water, lights, radio, blankets, food and water etc. A few of those mounted on all small boat should be mandatory!

Whatever government department sets the safety standards needs a complete overhaul! It is not 1850 anymore.

Only took two years plus some change. Will take them far less time to "realize his guilt, but that he could not have known... etc., etc." and give him a suspended sentence.