Embassy identifies 31 missing Pinoys in quake-hit Japan

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo has released the names of 31 Filipinos reported missing following the magnitude-8.9 quake and the devastating that hit Japan last Friday. They are as follows: 1. Baby Capuyan Calope, Tokyo 2. Virginia Calamba, 42, Miyagi Ken Ingunngun Marumori Tatteyama 3. Vilma Chiba, 38, Miyagi 4. Teresita Daikoku, 51, Rikuzentakata Shi Iwate 5. Ella Iseyama, 28, Tokyo 6. Michelle Ikeda, 42, 133-1 Aza Iwashita Oaza Odakura Nishi Gomura Nishi Shirakawa Gun Fukushia Ken 7. Jacqueline Mendoza Endo, 47, Sendai 8. Violeta Kanno, 39, PHS 4 PKG 3 Blk. 22, Lot 33, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City 9. Masaru Katsamata, 11, Aoba Ku, Kikuta Machi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai 10. Maria Lara Kikuchi, 51, Sendai 11. Lilia Kikuchi, 60, Chiba 12. Cecile Komatsu, 50, Miyagi Ken 13. Lourdez Odeth Yomongihata, 53, Aomori-Ken 14. Kathy Reyes Maruyama, 33, Aoba Ku, Kikuta MAchi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai 15. Michiko Nakagami, 51, Tokyo 16. Elisa Adora Velasquez Nakamura, 45, Osaka 17. Karen Onodera, 29, Miyagi Kesennuma 18. Jenalyn Orbe, 28, Miyagi Ken 19. Susan Sato, 41, Ibaraki Ken 20. Darwin Alcantara, 36, Tokyo 21. Susan Kinno, Rizuken Takada Iwate 22. Maria Corazon Lozada Kiuchi, Miyagi Ken 23. Jennifer Jeanne Lozada, Oikawa Miyagi Ken 24. Adelaida Lozada, Saito Miyagi Ken 25. Natsuko (Richel) Chiba 26. Taneharu Chiba 27. Violeta B. Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken 28. Ayumi Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken 29. Nanae Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken 30. Nika Kunishima, 5 months old, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken 31. Gracelyn Geraldino Mizuno (Contact no. 09028421478), Sendai, Miyagi Ken “May we request the following individuals to contact the Embassy as soon as possible. May we also request those who may have information on these individuals to let the Embassy know of their situation?" the Embassy said in a statement. The concerned Filipinos, or those who may have information about their condition, are advised to call the Embassy’s 24-hour hotline numbers (03)5562-1570, (03)5562-1577 and (03)5562-1590, or to send an email to emergency@philembassy.net. Advocacy group Migrante International earlier identified 24 from the Embassy’s list as missing as of 3 p.m. Monday. According to Migrante, they received the information from reports coming in through the group’s hotline numbers, as well from those coming from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC had earlier set up a website to help missing relatives reestablish contact with their loved ones. Majority of the Filipinos reported missing appear to be married to Japanese nationals, Migrante said. Migrante can be reached through the following contact persons in Japan: 1. Nestor Puno (Nagoya), Migrante Japan Email: nestorpn@yahoo.com Mobile Phone: 08035835334 or 09092240922 2. Daffodil Yaginuma (Fukushima) Mobile: 8190 1370 2991 Skype: daff1108 3. Cesar Santoyo (Tokyo metropolitan area), Center for Japanese-Filipino Children Email: sa_ryo@hotmail.com Mobile Phone: +81 9017630290 4. Agalyn Nagase (Saitama), KAFIN Migrant Center Email: yih00161@nifty.ne.jp Mobile Phone: +81 9092037195 5. Olive Akatsu, GABRIELA-Tokyo) Email: jaimie35jp@yahoo.com Mobile Phone: +81 8010352808 6. Rev. Hajime Fujii (Sendai) Email: malcom58@hotmail.co.jp Mobile Phone: +81 9099444625 Office: +81 11-644-6844 7. Virgie Ishihara (Nagoya), Filipino Migrant Center Email: chedishihara@yahoo.com Mobile Phone: +81 9089558718 8. Rossana Tapiru, Migrante-Nagoya Chapter Email: sintakits@yahoo.com Mobile Phone: +81 9041609447 - KBK, GMA News