On the afternoon of the 18th, “A Chinese fishing boat capsized and 5 folks had been lacking” at sea roughly 330 kilometers west of Koshikijima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, the tenth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters acquired a rescue report. In response to this request, the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters resumed the search by plane from round 10:30 a.m. on the nineteenth.

