Tour boat with 26 people missing in Japan after sending distress call

This photo shows a fishing port where a tour boat which went missing, left for tour in Shari, in the northern island of Hokkaido Saturday, April 23, 2022. A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough waters off northern Japan on Saturday after issuing a distress call and reporting to be sinking, the coast guard said. Picture: Kyodo News via AP

A tour boat with 26 people aboard has been missing for more than seven hours after issuing a distress call and taking on water, Japan’s coastguard said.

No survivors have been found so far, it added.