The Filipino earthquake victims were finally identified after the Philippine emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y in Japan said that they have recovered the dead bodies from the debris located in the city of Iwaki where the deadly tsunami had hit the place at most.
It had been the 45 year old Grace Agnes Oprecio-Hiruta along with her daughter Maria who is 12 years old as reports were taken from Amb(–foul word(s) removed–)ador Manolo Lopez. The bodies had been identified and confirmed by the husband of the victim.
A local of the city of Parañaque, Agnes made it to a point to live with his husband who was a Japanese citizen of Iwaki City near Fukushima Prefecture.
It was March 19 when the bodies were recovered when a rescue operation seized in Fukushima Prefecture,the setting where the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hardly hit.
According to the emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y officials, the information regarding their death had already been conveyed to the victim’s son and sister in Tokyo.
Rescue teams were sent by the Philippine Emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y in Tokyo to be able to fetch the remaining Filipino survivors who were considered to be in Japan’s affected areas especially to those who were in the city of Sendai.
143 Filipino survivors were counted to be under relocation but there are still 48 missing Filipinos to find.
Pinoy residents in Japan were estimated to be at around 300,000 when the m(–foul word(s) removed–)ive earthquake and tsunami strike at Japan.