Eight Bodies Found in Boat Washed up on Japan Beach: Coast Guard

The wreckage of a boat is pictured along a sea wall in the city of Yurihonjo, Akita prefecture on Nov. 24, 2017. A group of eight fishermen claiming to be from North Korea washed up in northern Japan after drifting there when their wooden vessel developed problems, authorities said on Nov. 24, 2017. AFP/Getty Images

TOKYO—Eight bodies, which had been reduced partly to skeletons, were found on Monday in a small wooden ship that washed up on a beach in the sea of Japan, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said.

The ship came ashore on a beach 44 miles north of a marina where police last week found eight men who said they were from North Korea. Police said they appeared to be fishermen whose boat, found nearby, had run into trouble.