KUSHIRO, Japan - The president of a tourist boat operator was found guilty on Wednesday of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of 26 people on a vessel that sank off Hokkaido in 2022.
The Kushiro District Court sentenced Seiichi Katsurada, 62, to five years in prison. Katsurada's defense team, which argued he was not guilty of the charge as he could not have foreseen the sinking, immediately appealed the ruling.
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