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A number of boats have drifted ashore in Japan, containing a gruesome number of bodies in an advanced state of decomposition. They appear to be from North Korea. Our correespondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes tries to uncover the mystery. (Photo:A ship of unknown nationality in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, central Japan, after it was found in mid-November off Noto peninsula and was towed to the shore. Japanese authorities are investigating nearly a dozen wooden boats carrying decomposing bodies found drifting off the northwestern coast over the past month.) (Credit: Kyodo News via AP)