7 divers go missing off Japan’s Okinawa: coast guard
15:45, 19 June 2023
NAHA. KAZINFORM - Seven people went missing while diving in waters off the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa on Monday, the Japan Coast Guard said, Kyodo reports.
The coast guard dispatched a helicopter and patrol vessels to search for them, including two instructors, after receiving a call from their diving boat at around 11:50 a.m.
They went missing near Rukan Reef, off the southern part of the island prefecture, the coast guard said.