JIJI — Nearly nine years after the March 2011 mega-quake and tsunami devastated much of Tohoku, 2,529 people remained missing as of March 1, according to the National Police Agency.
The death toll came to 15,899 in the 12 prefectures tracked, up two from the previous year, the NPA said Friday.
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