Foreign Ministry and embassy officials were trying Monday to confirm reports that several Japanese may have been killed in the massive tsunamis that hit South and Southeast Asia the previous day.
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Tokyo reportedly told the Foreign Ministry that up to 15 bodies found among its 6,500-plus tsunami fatalities are apparently Japanese.
The ministry could not confirm the information but said it has dispatched officials to a hospital there to check whether Japanese are among the dead.
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