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Japan halts search for crew of capsized freighter, several Filipino seamen still missing

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/afp/09/04/regional-coast-guard-headquarters.jpg"/><figcaption>This handout photo taken and provided on September 4, 2020 by Japan&#x27;s 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters shows an unmanned life boat drifting about 4 kms east of Kodakarajima island of Kagoshima prefecture. 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters / AFP</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Japanese authorities have halted their full-time search operations for missing crew of a cargo ship that <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/03/20/freighter-with-39-filipino-crew-4-others-missing-off-southwestern-japan" target="_blank">sank</a> in a typhoon in the East China Sea last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.The Japanese Coast Guard has returned to its &quot;usual patrol arrangements as they have found no trace of the ship&quot; since Sep. 5, Saturday, the DFA said in a statement.&quot;The DFA joins the families and loved ones in continued prayers for the missing seafarers,&quot; it said.The Japanese Coast Guard earlier found the remains of a Filipino seafarer, while two Filipino survivors have been <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/20/2-pinoy-survivors-from-sea-mishap-off-japan-now-in-contact-with-families-several-still-missing" target="_blank">in contact</a> with their families in the Philippines, the agency earlier said.Over 30 Filipino crew members remain missing.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/20/2-pinoy-survivors-from-sea-mishap-off-japan-now-in-contact-with-families-several-still-missing">2 Pinoy survivors from sea mishap off Japan now in contact with families; several still missing</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/20/filipino-survivor-recounts-how-cattle-ship-capsized-off-japan-dozens-of-seafarers-still-missing">Filipino survivor recounts how cattle ship capsized off Japan; dozens of seafarers still missing</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/07/20/life-raft-saved-second-pinoy-from-typhoon-shipwreck-off-japan-fiance">Life raft saved second Pinoy from typhoon shipwreck off Japan: fiancée</a></li></ul>The sunken ship&#x27;s crew was made up of 39 Filipinos, 2 New Zealanders and 2 Australians. The boat was traveling from Napier in New Zealand to the Chinese port of Tangshan.It issued a distress call on the early morning of Sep. 2 as Typhoon <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/03/20/typhoon-injures-18-in-japan-before-moving-to-korean-peninsula" target="_blank">Maysak</a> passed through the area, setting off a desperate search for the 43 crew on board.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/05/20/typhoon-hampers-search-for-ship-survivors-near-japan-dozens-including-filipinos-still-missing">Typhoon hampers search for ship survivors near Japan; dozens, including Filipinos, still missing</a></li></ul><div>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</div>

Japanese authorities have halted their full-time search operations for missing crew of a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon in the East China Sea last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

Japanese authorities have halted their full-time search operations for missing crew of a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon in the East China Sea last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.