Tokyo, March 19: The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit off the northeast coast of Japan’s main island has topped 18,000, making it Japan’s worst disaster since World War II.
The National Police Agency said in an updated toll that the number of dead or missing in Japan’s worst national disaster in 88 years has soared above 18,000,
Nearly 7,200 people are confirmed killed, lost to the tsunami or interred in the wreckage of buildings, according to the latest tallies.
—–Agencies