Search for Orphans
Authorities have launched a massive search for hundreds of orphaned children in Iwate, which suffered maximum deaths in the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. The child welfare experts will initially work in groups of three and look for children without parents at evacuation shelters along with people in charge at the shelters.

Charity Efforts
Singer Gwen Stefani has donated $1 million (Rs 4.5 crore) to the relief effort in Japan. The money, presented to Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in emergency fund, will help finance ongoing recovery efforts in the country.

10,668
Number of people who have died since the earthquake