'Limiting this search looks like giving up, which we cannot and will not do'.
The wife of an Australian man feared drowned off the coast of Japan has spoken of the anguish she and her infant son are facing.
With a local search and rescue operation currently suspended, his wife Emma has written of “heart-wrenching pain” experienced by the relatives of the 40 missing crew members. The Japanese Coast Guard was able to locate two survivors before the search was suspended, one of whom told rescuers the crew were instructed to put on life jackets before he was swept overboard.
"I think absolutely 100 percent Lukas, and these guys are still alive, so it is deplorable that we are not out there looking for them," he told SBS News.The Australian government has previously said it is ready to assist in the search and rescue effort.
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