SHARI, Hokkaido--More than a year after the deadly sinking of a pleasure boat in rough seas, tour boat operators here resumed cruises to Cape Shiretoko on the same route taken by the ill-fated Kazu I.

A spokesperson told the BBC the government was committed to restarting cruise travel when it is safe to do so, and is working closely with the sector to prepare for a safe and successful restart.

General Motors’ GM self-driving car subsidiary, Cruise, agreed to pay a $112,500 fine for failing to fully disclose details about an accident involving one of its robotaxis last year.

but it never gave cruise lines a green light to comply and move towards a restart, even as vaccines rolled out and hotels, flights and theme parks opened up around the country. In response ...

Subscribe now using your favorite service: The first major cruise ship to leave from a U.S. port since March 2020 was the Celebrity Edge, which cast off last week. Our news editor Johanna ...

Over-50s rush to book holidays due to vaccine Plumbing firm to make workers get vaccinations The firm's holidays were due to restart in March and its cruises in April after a long hiatus ...

The move comes just months after Cruise announced it would restart testing operations in Houston after a staffing shakeup ...

Cruise lines were desperate to restart operations. Guidelines for infection prevention measures recently published by an industry body of international cruise ship companies state that for a ...