Rescuers find nine of 26 people from missing tour boat in northern Japan

The Japanese Coast Guard could not confirm if any of the people were alive

Footage on NHK showed one of the rescued people arriving on a helicopter and being transferred to an ambulance on a stretcher, while rescuers held up blue plastic shields for privacy.

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