2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off US base construction site in southern Japan

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2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off US base construction site in southern Japan
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TOKYO — Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan ’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.

The Japan Coast Guard said 18 of them were students from a Kyoto high school on two boats, 10 on Heiwa Maru and eight on the smaller Fukutsu, to observe the Henoko area as part of their peace education program. Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old female student and the captain of Fukutsu were later pronounced dead,Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.Guerrilla artist Banksy finally unmasked — along with the remarkable way he hid in plain sightA wave advisory was in place during the accident, but the water was not very rough, and there was no sign that the boats collided, officials said.Persistent protests and lawsuits between Okinawa and Tokyo have held up the relocation plan of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a crowded neighborhood on the island for nearly 30 years.Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old female student and the captain of Fukutsu were later pronounced dead, officials said.A wave advisory was in place during the accident, but the water was not very rough, and there was no sign that the boats collided, officials said.Okinawa is home to about half of the 50,000 American troops stationed in Japan under the bilateral security pact.Israeli military destroys Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's plane as it plans for at least three more weeks of war‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie twin in sheer shirts at Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2026U.S. embassy in Baghdad urges all Americans to leave Iraq ‘immediately’ after building reportedly attacked Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old female student and the captain of Fukutsu were later pronounced dead, officials said.A wave advisory was in place during the accident, but the water was not very rough, and there was no sign that the boats collided, officials said. Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Madison' On Paramount+, Where Michelle Pfeiffer Is A New York Woman Who Goes To Montana To Deal With Her Grief After A Tragedy

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