Most of the deaths - 5, 700 - have been reported in the prefecture of Miyagi.
Meanwhile, many people in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures are still struggling with no lifelines at all.
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There was no reported damge to the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi, near the epicenter.
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Police in Miyagi were still continuing their search for missing persons, news agency AFP reported.
Packages containing gold bars started turning up in Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, about 10 days ago.
Building something new is the goal of the marine-products division of the Miyagi prefectural government, in the northeast.
In Miyagi prefecture, Governor Shiro Asano has backed citizens' demands for disclosure of excessive entertainment spending by local officials.
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But according to the latest reports, in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minami-Sanriku alone, some 10, 000 people are missing.
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Even before the tsunami hit, Miyagi's fisheries were in decline, says Yuji Izumi, a government official overseeing the industry.
With no half-time stadium announcement to confirm the score from Miyagi, rumours of mobile phone calls made from Row Z had to suffice.
Mr Matsumoto berated Miyagi prefecture governor Yoshihiro Murai for keeping him waiting for a few minutes and refused to shake his hand.
The earthquake occurred some 25 miles below the ocean floor and resulted in a tsunami warning for the coast of Miyagi prefecture.
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In the coastal Miyagi prefecture town of Minamisanriku, 9, 500 people out of a population of 17, 000 are unaccounted for, according to prefectural authorities.
Lavin then called Keady his "personal Mr. Miyagi, " referring to the fictional martial-arts coach played by Pat Morita in the "Karate Kid" films.
Asano personally promotes Miyagi's rice in light-hearted television spots and even hosts a weekly radio program, playing songs by his long--time hero Elvis Presley.
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In the key aquatic products processing sector, recovery in Iwate prefecture stands at 76%, in Miyagi prefecture at 65%, and in Fukushima at 72%.
The news agency, citing Japan's defense forces, also said 60, 000 to 70, 000 people were being evacuated to shelters in the Sendai area of Miyagi Prefecture.
Among the most popular: the delicate, mild-flavored Quilcene from Hood Canal in Puget Sound and the mighty Olympic Miyagi from Case Inlet, a briny 4-inch beast with a cucumberish finish.
As for return of farmland to cultivation, the level stands at only 15% in Iwate (though 98% for rice cultivation), 47% in Miyagi (98%), and 8% in Fukushima (83%).
The embassy in Tokyo and the Chinese consulate in Niigata are sending buses to Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Iwate prefectures to pick up Chinese nationals, according to the Embassy.
Salt-tolerant rice would, though, be of much wider use than just restoring the paddies of Miyagi prefecture and its neighbours, the worst-affected part of the country, to full productivity.
The 60-year-old made the offending remarks to regional governors at the weekend during his first tour of the tsunami-hit prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi since taking up his new role.
"After so many years of shrinking, we are having a hard time catching up with the orders flying in, " says Hirohide Ito, secretary-general of the Miyagi General Construction Association, a local trade group.
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By their reckoning, there was a 99% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurring off the Miyagi coast, and a 90% chance of one off Ibaraki prefecture, within the next 30 years.
Throughout his career, Ito's designs have been unusual, vivid and minimalistic -- from the aluminum house he designed for his sister to the Sendai Mediatheque in Miyagi, Japan, which he describes as his professional highlight.
The resulting specimens will then be sorted and the best (ie, those that have flourished in the saline soils of Miyagi's paddies) selected for crossbreeding, in order to concentrate desirable mutations into reproducible lines of plants.
Male climbers Yoshiaki Kato, 64, and Tamao Suzuki, 63, and female climbers Masako Suda, 50, and Michiko Suzuki, 56, of the Miyagi Workers Alpine Federation expedition are all presumed to have died in the avalanche, the park service said.
You are the programming Mr. Miyagi.
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The Sensei (Mr. Miyagi, or Mr. Han, depending on whichever movie version you prefer ) has to do everything he can to avoid the blows of his newly inspired sparring partner, who suddenly realizes he is ready for his next match.
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