The families of 14 victims of a fatal tourist boat accident off Hokkaido in 2022 that left 20 people dead and six missing filed Wednesday a damages suit against the ship operator and its president. The 29 plaintiffs are collectively seeking about 1.5 billion yen ($9.3 million) in damages from the operator Shiretoko Yuransen and its president Seiichi Katsurada, 61, in the suit filed at the Sapporo District Court. The Kazu I, which was carrying 26 people, sank on April 23, 2022, after departing for a three-hour cruise along the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site on Japan’s northe…