7 hours agoGhost ships with human bones continue to arrive on the Japanese coast
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Woodships, known as “fantza”, believed to be from North Korea, continue to reach Japan's coast this year. Coast Guard said today that 95 such ships arrived, which often contain human bones and therefore are called “anies ghost”, the AP reported. Last year on the Japanese coast, 104 ships [...]
Woodships, known as “fantza”, believed to be from North Korea, continue to reach Japan's coast this year.
Coastal guards said today that 95 such ships arrived, which often contain human bones and therefore are called <x0 personage ghost”, the AP reported.
Last year on the Japanese coast, 104 such ships sailed, the coast guard said, adding that 30 corpses and 40 survivors have been found so far.
Winds and strong ocean currents bring dozens of wooden fishing boats from North Korea to the northern coast of Japan.
The AP says increasing the number of ghost “anities” may be linked to the North Korea fish catch campaign, in order to increase the source of proteins to feed the population to a country that seeks to secure self-responsability in the food supply chain.
To increase the quota, North Korean fishermen go farther than ordinary areas, risking violating Japan's exclusive economic zone of 200 miles [200 km] on its shores.
More than a third of these ships arrived this year on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido
