Remains found on Swiss Alps are those of Japanese climbers gone since 1970

Remains found at the foot of Switzerland’s Matterhorn glacier have been identified as two Japanese climbers who disappeared 45 years ago, reported BBC News.

The remains were discovered at an altitude of about 2,800m (9,200ft) in the Alps last September.

DNA tests showed that the remains belonged to Michio Oikawa and Masayuki Kobayashi, who went missing on the mountain in August 1970, reported Gazeta.

It is reported that the remains were found not too far from the site where the two Japanese climbers had disappeared.

According to experts, they had died due to an active melting of Alpine glaciers.