[post_page_title]North Korean ghost ships[/post_page_title]
A very real phenomenon – not a one-off like the Sam Ratulangi or fictional like the Dutchman – has been taking place in Japan in recent years.
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According to official Japanese sources, from the start of 2017 and until the present time, more than 110 North Korean ships have washed up on Japanese beaches, often with the bodies of their crews still aboard. Although perhaps not ghost ships in the traditional sense, they are still an eerie phenomenon that disturbs many Japanese. Take the most recent incident, for example.