Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday visited the Japanese Embassy where she signed a book of condolence opened there following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami disaster in that country.
Last Friday's earthquake, measuring nine degrees on the Richter scale, caused large-scale destruction in the Tohoku region in the northeast. An ensuing tsunami caused huge damage to the already hit areas, particularly in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
The death toll is expected to exceed 10,000, with northeastern prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima most severely hit. At least 6,539 people were confirmed dead, but 10,259 people are still missing. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without their homes and property. The current priority of the Japanese government is preventing a nuclear threat and radiation coming from the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was damaged in the earthquake.
