Pinoys listed missing in Japan quake now 42, but 22 found safe

The Philippine Embassy in Japan reported on Wednesday that there are now 42 Filipinos, including a five-month-old baby, listed as missing after a massive quake and tsunami hit Japan last Friday. According to a release by the Embassy, the missing Filipinos are:

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. Michelle Ikeda, 42, 133-1 Aza Iwashita Oaza Odakura Nishi Gomura Nishi Shirakawa Gun Fukushia Ken
6. Jacqueline Mendoza Endo, 47, Sendai
7. Violeta Kanno, 39, PHS 4 PKG 3 Blk. 22, Lot 33, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City
8. Masaru Katsamata, 11, Aoba Ku, Kikuta Machi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai
9. Maria Lara Kikuchi, 51, Sendai
10. Lilia Kikuchi, 60, Chiba
11. Cecile Komatsu, 50, Miyagi Ken
12. Lourdez Odeth Yomongihata, 53, Aomori-Ken
13. Kathy Reyes Maruyama, 33, Aoba Ku, Kikuta MAchi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai
14. Michiko Nakagami, 51, Tokyo
15. Elisa Adora Velasquez Nakamura, 45, Osaka
16. Karen Onodera, 29, Miyagi Kesennuma
17. Jenalyn Orbe, 28, Miyagi Ken
18. Susan Sato, 41, Ibaraki Ken
19. Darwin Alcantara, 36, Tokyo
20. Susan Kinno, Rizuken Takada Iwate
21. Maria Corazon Lozada Kiuchi, Miyagi Ken
22. Jennifer Jeanne Lozada, Oikawa Miyagi Ken
23. Adelaida Lozada, Saito Miyagi Ken
24. Natsuko (Richel) Chiba
25. Taneharu Chiba
26. Violeta B. Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
27. Ayumi Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
28. Nanae Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
29. Nika Kunishima, 5 months old, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
30. Gracelyn Geraldino Mizuno, Sendai, Miyagi Ken, (Contact no. 09028421478)
31. Ruby Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1, Contact no. 08016636249
32. Kai Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
33. Yu Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
34. Kazuhiro Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
35. Joy Sato, Miyagi-ken, Ishinomaki izumicho, sekichu ishinomaki elemementary School.
36. Jennifer Suzuki, 09039804055988-0025, Miyagi-ken, Kessenuma, Shinainuwaki, 2-41-1 Haimu Itoku 103
37. Takeshi Higuchi Shiwa
38. Wilma Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
39. Chosei Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
40. Yukenare & Yukachan, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
41. Valentin Kuniyoshi Buis Jr., 56, Contact No. 0906-492-3163, Matsumoto Gumi, Koizumi 977 Iwai-shi, Ibaraki-ken 306-0635
42. Elisa M. Padilla-Tsurusawa, 65, Ibaraki-ken

The Embassy is asking the listed individuals, or those who may have information about their condition, to immediately get in touch through its 24-hour hotline numbers (03)5562-1570, (03)5562-1577 and (03)5562-1590, or send an email to emergency@philembassy.net. The Philippine consulates' hotlines meanwhile are as follows:

• (06) 6910-7881 for the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka,
• (011) 614-8090 for the Honorary Consulate in Sapporo, and
• (019) 629-9139 for the Honorary Consulate in Morioka.

The hotline numbers at the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs’ Crisis Management Center are 834-4646 and 834-4580. Requests for information may also be sent through e-mail address dfaoumwa.cmc@gmail.com. Meanwhile, both the Embassy and advocacy group Migrante-International have confirmed that the following Filipinos in Sendai have been reported safe:

1. Rochelle Coronel
2. El Christopher Enobio
3. Lea Apostol
4. Rolando Bantaculo
5. Genaro Puque Jr.
6. Lope Ben Porques
7. Sara Maria Porques
8. Nanally Suico
9. Cecilia Villa
10. Marie Embrada
11. Carmelita Joy Mogami
12. Helen Ono
13. Lucy Kanagawa
14. Mary Jane Kodate
15. Charity Sato
16. Emily Owaki
17. Luis Canete
18. Ronald Astillero
19. Janet Ababon
20. Maria Lumen
21. Lorlene Lucero
22. Analiza Aizawa

The Embassy earlier reported there were 31 missing Filipinos in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. Of the initial list, only one, Ella Iseyama from Tokyo, has been accounted for. (See: Embassy identifies 31 missing Pinoys in quake-hit Japan) GMA News Online has also set up its own People Finder for Filipinos in Japan, to help gather and systematize reports about the condition of Filipinos who were possibly affected by the quake and tsunami, or who are otherwise unaccounted for. Migrants’ rights advocacy group Migrante International earlier said it is also receiving reports of missing Filipinos 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 —Jerrie M. Abella/JV, GMA News