Japan’s earthquake, tsunami death toll likely to exceed 10,000 (Wrapup 1)

The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to over 10,000 people in the Miyagi prefecture alone, local police chief Naoto Takeuchi said on Sunday. The tremor was the most powerful ever recorded in Japan, registering nine points on the Richter scale and causing a 10-meter […]