Thirty-eight Filipino seafarers remained missing in chilly waters off southwestern Japan a day after their cargo ship capsized on Wednesday as Typhoon “Maysak” smashed into the Korean peninsula. The Panamanian-flagged Gulf Livestock 1 had a total 43 crew members, consisting of 39 Filipinos, two Australians and two New Zealand nationals, and was transporting 6,000 cattle from New Zealand to China when it sent a distress signal on Wednesday from waters off Amami Oshima Island in southwestern Japan after being caught up in Typhoon Maysak. “So far, one Filipino was reported to have been rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard,” said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.

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