Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search. (Kyodo)

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