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Whereabouts of 30 nuclear power plant subcontractors unknown: Health Ministry

The whereabouts of about 30 subcontractors who helped deal with the crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is unknown, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said on June 20.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110621p2a00m0na005000c.html

How about checking the morgue or hospital.

FUKUSHIMA — Prefectural Gov. Yuhei Sato tore into the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, during [...]

DESPAIR TURNING TO ANGER

Shock among survivors of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami turned to anger Wednesday as nearly a half-million people displaced by the disaster and resulting nuclear crisis remained crammed in makeshift evacuation centers, many with few basic necessities and even less information.

The governor of northeastern Fukushima prefecture, the site of a badly damaged nuclear power plant, fumed over what he saw as poor government communication and [...]