サハリンの男性遺体、ＤＮＡ一致　ロシア側から連絡―知床沈没事故

　北海道・知床半島沖で２６人が乗った観光船「ＫＡＺＵ　Ｉ（カズワン）」が沈没した事故で、第１管区海上保安本部（小樽市）は２０日、ロシア・サハリン島南部で見つかった男性の遺体について、ロシアで行われたＤＮＡ型鑑定の結果、乗船者の男性のＤＮＡ型と一致したとロシア側から連絡があったことを明らかにした。
　同本部によると、１９日夕、外交ルートを通じてロシア側から連絡があった。海保関係者によると、遺体は北海道内の男性とみられ、引き渡しに向けて調整を進める。引き渡しの後、日本でも改めてＤＮＡ型鑑定を行い、身元を特定する。（2022/07/20-11:33）

The DNA type of a body found in the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin matched that of a passenger of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, in April, Japanese coast guard officials said Wednesday.
   The Japan Coast Guard's first regional headquarters in Otaru, Hokkaido, said that the information was provided by the Russian side via diplomatic channels on Tuesday evening.
   The Japanese side will make arrangements to receive the body, believed to belong to a male passenger of the Kazu I tour boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on April 23. Japanese authorities will conduct a further DNA test on the body once it is transferred to Japan.
   On June 28, the Russian side told the Japanese side that it had found a body of an apparent Japanese person in Sakhalin.
   The body was wearing a red life jacket on which the letters "Kazu" were written, and was in possession of a watch, black mobile phone and car key.