Girl's remains identifed 14 years after Japan tsunami | International

TOKYO, Oct 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Human remains found in Japan have been identified as those of a six-year-old girl missing since the massiveearthquake and tsunami of 2011, police said Friday. The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the National Police Agency. Teeth and fragments of jaw were discovered in February 2023 in the northern region of Miyagi, a spokesman for the local police told AFP. "After dental and DNA identification analyses, it was confirmed the remains belong to Natsuse Yamane, female, who was six years old at the time," hesaid. The girl had been at her home in Yamada, a town around 100 kilometres (60 miles)...