Japanese authorities today increased to 353 thousand 085 thousand dead and the official number of missing in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Friday, although victims may far exceed the 10 000. Miyagi police, the province most affected by the earthquake, believed to be at least 10 000 deaths, while other sources do not rule out even increase.
Only Minamisanriku, a coastal town in Miyagi completely destroyed by the tsunami that followed the earthquake of 9 degrees on the Richter scale, are unaccounted for nine thousand 500 people. There are also 167 thousand missing persons in the adjoining province of Fukushima, according to a count of local authorities.
In the official count, according to the local agency Kyodo, not to mention the additional 600 bodies that were located in the provinces of Miyagi and Iwate, both on the Pacific coast. Official figures speak of more than 20 000 800 buildings destroyed and that some 450 000 Japanese were evacuated from their homes for various reasons, including 200 000 displaced by the risks in a nuclear plant in Fukushima.
In addition, more than 100 thousand Japanese soldiers will be deployed to assist victims, helped by aid workers and specialists from nearly 70 countries, including United States, which has been available in Japan the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, today asked his fellow unit to address the serious consequences of the earthquake on Friday, he called the worst crisis faced by Japan since the end of World War II (1939-45).
Kan said the government has given the green light to companies Tokyo Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power to make, from Monday morning, power cuts of up to three hours a day to ensure supply in the affected provinces. The earthquake, one of the worst in history, was followed by a devastating tsunami that swept away entire villages in the eastern Pacific coast. 
Only Minamisanriku, a coastal town in Miyagi completely destroyed by the tsunami that followed the earthquake of 9 degrees on the Richter scale, are unaccounted for nine thousand 500 people. There are also 167 thousand missing persons in the adjoining province of Fukushima, according to a count of local authorities.
In the official count, according to the local agency Kyodo, not to mention the additional 600 bodies that were located in the provinces of Miyagi and Iwate, both on the Pacific coast. Official figures speak of more than 20 000 800 buildings destroyed and that some 450 000 Japanese were evacuated from their homes for various reasons, including 200 000 displaced by the risks in a nuclear plant in Fukushima.
In addition, more than 100 thousand Japanese soldiers will be deployed to assist victims, helped by aid workers and specialists from nearly 70 countries, including United States, which has been available in Japan the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, today asked his fellow unit to address the serious consequences of the earthquake on Friday, he called the worst crisis faced by Japan since the end of World War II (1939-45).
Kan said the government has given the green light to companies Tokyo Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power to make, from Monday morning, power cuts of up to three hours a day to ensure supply in the affected provinces. The earthquake, one of the worst in history, was followed by a devastating tsunami that swept away entire villages in the eastern Pacific coast.
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