They had come from all over Japan. There were two small children, one just three years old ... to turn the boat around. As the Kazu 1 headed north into stormy seas, local fishing boats were ...

Dozens of corpse-filled fishing boats drift by Japan every year. Since late October alone, 11 of these boats have washed up on Japan's shores, and 145 have drifted by between 2013 and 2014.

Foreign fishing boats have frequently intruded into Japan’s EEZ. According to Fisheries Agency officials, about 4,000 North Korean fishing boats were ordered to leave the waters in 2019.

This is the last picture taken of Daigo Fukuryū Maru, or the Lucky Dragon No. 5, a Japanese tuna-fishing boat in 1954. Shortly after this picture was taken, it would carry a crew of 23 men and ...