{"id":50934,"date":"2025-10-10T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/human-remains-found-in-japan-identified-as-girl-missing-since-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:06:58","slug":"human-remains-found-in-japan-identified-as-girl-missing-since-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/human-remains-found-in-japan-identified-as-girl-missing-since-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found in Japan identified as girl missing since 2011 earthquake and tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Human remains found in Japan have been identified as those of a six-year-old girl missing since the massive <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/japan-disaster\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">earthquake and tsunami of 2011<\/a><\/span>, police said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Teeth and fragments of jaw were discovered in February 2023 in the northern region of Miyagi, a spokesman for the local police told AFP.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After dental and DNA identification analyses, it was confirmed the remains belong to Natsuse Yamane, female, who was six years old at the time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mitochondrial DNA analysis and an examination of proteins on the teeth confirmed the girl&#8217;s identity, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2025\/10\/10\/japan\/remains-2011-tsunami-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan Times reported<\/a>, citing the Miyagi police. Experts at Tohoku University assisted with the analysis, Japan Today <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/national\/remains-identified-as-6-year-old-girl-missing-in-japan's-2011-tsunami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The girl had been at her home in Yamada, a town around 60 miles away in Iwate Prefecture, when the tsunami swept her away, the police spokesman told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>She had been listed as missing ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The remains were found by construction workers sifting through material amassed in a clean-up of coastal areas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/16083846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asahi Shimbun daily reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s family issued a statement of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had long given up (on finding her remains), so when we were notified, it took us by surprise. We are very grateful,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/national\/remains-identified-as-6-year-old-girl-missing-in-japan's-2011-tsunami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan Today<\/a> quoted the family as saying.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/10\/d1561ee4-5206-4cc3-8fbb-c2ef0f98b261\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f7a10fd39cb110814275ef06ed3fb503\/gettyimages-1614868962.jpg#\" alt=\"JAPAN-QUAKE-DISASTER \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/10\/d1561ee4-5206-4cc3-8fbb-c2ef0f98b261\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f7a10fd39cb110814275ef06ed3fb503\/gettyimages-1614868962.jpg 1x, 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