A massive search has begun in northeast Japan for the bodies of people missing since last month's devastating tsunami.

日本东北部发起了大规模的搜索行动，寻找自上月灾难性的海啸以来失踪人口的尸体。

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The number of people confirmed dead in the earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan now stands at nearly 8,500. Almost 13,000 are missing.

据统计，在日本东北部的地震和海啸中确认死亡的人数已经上升到接近8,500，大约13,000人失踪。

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A devastating tsunami hit the coast of northeast Japan on Friday in the aftermath of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles offshore.

本周五日本的北海岸线，在经历了8.9级地震余波之后，沿海岸线80公里，又被一场毁灭性的侵袭。

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Miyazaki visited the tsunami-hit area of northeast Japan four months after the disaster to screen his films to local children.

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Like many other rural towns and cities in northeast Japan, jobs started to vanish when the economy stalled in the early 1990s.

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The natural and nuclear disasters in northeast Japan have compounded these problems and made more urgent the need to adopt and implement remedies.

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