Identities of 83 bodies still mystery nearly four years after 3/11

The National Police Agency said Friday 83 bodies found after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remained unidentified as of the end of February, down 15 from a year earlier.

The death toll from the natural disasters stood at 15,890 in 12 prefectures, up by six. The number of missing fell by 47 to 2,589.

Of the 15,807 identified bodies, 15,737 were in the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which took the brunt of the disasters. Those who were 65 or older accounted for 56 percent of the bodies, while 90 percent of the deaths overall were attributed to drowning.

Friday 6 March 2015

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