It has been three months since the accident that a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula, killing 14 people and leaving 12 people missing.
A man waiting for the return of two missing family members said in an interview, "It makes me sick to think that I am still in the cold sea."
This man, who lives in Hokkaido, responded to NHK's interview three months after the accident.
The sunken tour boat has a 7-year-old son and his mother in the second grade of elementary school, both of whom are unknown.
On April 23, when the accident occurred, the man was communicating using a communication app until just before the two of them boarded the ship.
Just before 9:50 am, just before departure, a picture of my son who was excited about his expectations was sent with the message "I'm going to board the boat now!".
After that, in the evening, I learned about the accident in the news and sent a message confirming my safety in a hurry, but it was not marked as read.
Approximately a week after the accident, the man showed his son's rucksack found off the coast of Cape Shiretoko and said, "I don't want to believe it, but when I saw this rucksack, I thought I was really on board. I said.
It is said that he was distrustful of the response of the operating company after the accident and the inadequacy of the national check system, but now he continues to search for the missing person by expanding the scope as soon as possible. I hope you want it.
The man said, "Even a little thing reminds me of them. I wonder what scary they were when the ship was tilted and sank and had to dive into the cold sea. It makes me crazy and painful. I should still be in the cold sea, and it's really painful and painful, "he said, squeezing out his voice.