Nearly 3,000 still missing in Japan 18 months after major quake
SENDAI. September 11. KAZINFORM Japan on Tuesday marked the one and a half year anniversary of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Pacific coastal regions, with the official death toll standing at 15,870 and 2,846 people still remaining unaccounted for as of last Wednesday.
About 343,000 people are still forced to live in about 136,000 temporary homes including provisional housing set up for them and private properties rented by the government, Kyodo reports.
On Tuesday, police and Japan Coast Guard officers in disaster-hit areas -- Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures -- are carrying out an extensive search for those listed missing -- presumably dead -- mobilizing about 800 personnel primarily in coastal areas.
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