Seven more Filipinos were listed as missing in the aftermath of the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami that devastated Japan last March 11. The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, in an announcement posted on its website early Friday, said the list of those missing went up to 48. "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. Please call us at the Embassyâs 24-hour hotline numbers (03)5562-1570, (03)5562-1577 and (03)5562-1590 and email: emergency@philembassy.net," it said. One of the 42 initially listed as missing, Natsuko (Richel) Chiba, was not in the updated list of missing. No reason was given for Chiba's removal from the list. Among the latest Filipinos listed as missing were:
Loramy Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi Miho Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi Kenski Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi Grace Mizuno, Miyaji-ken, Ishinomaki Elem.School Corazon Chatto Tokuyama, Fukushima (080-5104-2571) Thelma Ravida Miyamoto, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi (090-3758-2559) Hikaru Miyamoto, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi Earlier listed as missing were: Baby Capuyan Calope, Tokyo Virginia Calamba, 42, Miyagi Ken Ingunngun Marumori Tatteyama Vilma Chiba, 38, Miyagi Teresita Daikoku, 51, Rikuzentakata Shi Iwate Michelle Ikeda, 42, 133-1 Aza Iwashita Oaza Odakura Nishi Gomura Nishi Shirakawa Gun Fukushia Ken, Japan Jacqueline Mendoza Endo, 47, Sendai Violeta Kanno, 39, PHS 4 PKG 3 Blk. 22, Lot 33, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City Masaru Katsamata, 11, Aoba Ku, Kikuta Machi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai Maria Lara Kikuchi, 51, Sendai Lilia Kikuchi, 60, Chiba Cecile Komatsu, 50, Miyagi Ken Lourdez Odeth Yomongihata, 53, Aomori-Ken Kathy Reyes Maruyama, 33, Aoba Ku, Kikuta MAchi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai Michiko Nakagami, 51, Tokyo Elisa Adora Velasquez Nakamura, 45, Osaka Karen Onodera, 29, Miyagi Kesennuma Jenalyn Orbe, 28, Miyagi Ken Susan Sato, 41, Ibaraki Ken Darwin Alcantara, 36, Tokyo Susan Kinno, Rizuken Takada Iwate Maria Corazon Lozada Kiuchi, Miyagi Ken Jennifer Jeanne Lozada, Oikawa Miyagi Ken Adelaida Lozada, Saito Miyagi Ken Taneharu Chiba Violeta B. Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken Ayumi Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken Nanae Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken Nika Kunishima â 5 months old, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken Gracelyn Geraldino Mizuno Contact no. 09028421478 Last location: Sendai,Miyagi Ken Ruby Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1, Contact no. 08016636249 Kai Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1 Yu Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1 Kazuhiro Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1 Joy Sato, Miyagi-ken, Ishinomaki izumicho, sekichu ishinomaki elemementary School. Jennifer Suzuki, 09039804055988-0025, Miyagi-ken, Kessenuma, Shinainuwaki, 2-41-1 Haimu Itoku 103 Takeshi Higuchi Shiwa Wilma Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima Chosei Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima Yukenare & Yukachan, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima Valentin Kuniyoshi Buis Jr., 56 yrs.old, Contact No. 0906-492-3163, Matsumoto Gumi, Koizumi 977 Iwai-shi, Ibaraki-ken 306-0635 Elisa M. Padilla-Tsurusawa, 65 yrs.old, Ibaraki-ken GMA News Online has 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. â RSJ, GMA News