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Sec. Locsin: Hindi itinigil ng Japan ang paghahanap sa mga tripulanteng Pinoy
Japan continues search operations for 36 missing Filipino seafarers following the sinking of the cargo vessel Gulf Livestock 1.
The ship, en route to Port of Jingtang, sank off Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on September 2 after making a distress call as Typhoon Maysak lashed the area.
Out of the 43 crewmen on board, including 39 Filipinos, two Filipinos have been rescued, and one was pronounced dead.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. confirmed that Japan did not cease its search efforts but continued them against protocol.
He refused to ask other Asian powers to join the search, viewing it as an infringement on Japan's sovereignty.
Locsin's statement was a response to Senator Risa Hontiveros' earlier plea for Japan to resume and expand search operations and to allow other countries to participate.
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