Parents refuse to give up 15-year search for daughter missing in Japan tsunami

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing search of Suzuki Miho for her children who went missing during the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

Every year on March 11, Suzuki Miho prepares food for two children who left for school and never came home. The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that struck northeastern Japan left 15,901 people dead and 2,519 missing — including Miho’s young son and daughter.

Topics covered

• missing persons
• natural disasters
• family tragedy
• search for loved ones
• Japan tsunami
• Great East Japan Earthquake
• long-term impact

Keywords

• missing children
• tsunami
• earthquake
• Japan
• family
• tragedy
• search
• loss
• March 11
• 2011

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Japan, northeastern Japan

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