It has been 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck.
The number of dead and missing persons confirmed so far is 22,207 including "earthquake-related deaths" that died in evacuation life.
According to the Police Agency, 9544 people died in Miyagi prefecture, 4675 people in Iwate prefecture, 1614 people in Fukushima prefecture, 24 people in Ibaraki prefecture, 21 people in Chiba prefecture, and 7 people in Tokyo. There are a total of 15,900 people, 4 in Kanagawa and 4 in Tochigi, 3 in Aomori, 2 in Yamagata, and 1 in Hokkaido and Gunma.
99.7% of those who died have been identified, but 53 are still unknown.
The number of missing persons is 1213 in Miyagi prefecture, 1110 in Iwate prefecture, 196 in Fukushima prefecture, 2 in Chiba prefecture, and 1 in Aomori and Ibaraki prefectures, for a total of 2523.
On the other hand, according to the Reconstruction Agency, the number of so-called "disaster-related deaths" that died due to deterioration of physical condition due to evacuation life was at least 3,784 as of the end of September last year.
The total number of dead and missing people due to the Great East Japan Earthquake is 22,207, including "earthquake-related deaths."
The National Police Agency wants to confirm the corpse whose identity is not yet known as soon as possible by utilizing DNA testing and by adopting a method called "mapping pointing" that estimates the location of the disaster from the location where it was discovered.