With some 12,000 people still missing and presumed dead after the March 11, 2011 9.0 Magnitude earthquake and 10-metre (30-foot) high tsunami that devastated the northeast coast of Japan, the Japanese government is sending in the troops.
A total of 24,800 soldiers will search for bodies by land and by sea over a two-day period beginning April 25, 2011 - looking through the rubble and searching the waters in a 20-kilometre radius in an effort to recover the bodies for bereaved families.
The soldiers, along with 100 divers, 50 boats, 90 planes and helicopters will join together with the Japanese police and coast guard and some U.S. troops in this, the third such intensive military search for survivors/bodies - as this time the waters have begun to recede further, so the recovery of bodies may be more successful.
Andrew Joseph
A total of 24,800 soldiers will search for bodies by land and by sea over a two-day period beginning April 25, 2011 - looking through the rubble and searching the waters in a 20-kilometre radius in an effort to recover the bodies for bereaved families.
The soldiers, along with 100 divers, 50 boats, 90 planes and helicopters will join together with the Japanese police and coast guard and some U.S. troops in this, the third such intensive military search for survivors/bodies - as this time the waters have begun to recede further, so the recovery of bodies may be more successful.
Andrew Joseph
