Kyodo News reporting that in Miyagi Prefecture alone there could be 15,000 dead.  That’s according to local police.

National police say the number of dead and missing is around 20,000.  That doesn’t add up when compared to what local officials are reporting, especially when Miyagi Prefecture is reporting 15,000 dead.

The mayor of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture, Koki Kato was found dead. He had been missing after the tsunami hit on March 11.