Child’s body found after tour boat sinking in Japan

A helicopter hovers over the Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Japan in the search for those missing after a tour boat carrying 26 people sank (Kyodo News/AP)

Rescuers searching for those missing since a tour boat carrying 26 people sank off north-eastern Japan have found the body of an 11th victim – a child – as questions intensified about why the vessel sailed in rough weather at a known hazardous location.

The youngster was found late on Sunday and confirmed dead, the Coast Guard said on Monday. The bodies of seven men and three women were recovered earlier on Sunday.