Its crazy cause eight days have passed since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan and it seems like we have been lied to and things seem to be down played, but what is really going on over there? The official death toll and missing continues to increase.

So far, the official number of dead and missing had reached more than 18 thousand people. According to official data of the National Police Agency of Japan as reported by the AFP news agency on Saturday (03/19/2011).

According to the National Police Agency, as many as 7197 people have been confirmed dead due to natural disasters. While the 10,905 people officially registered as missing persons. This means that until today at 9 am local time, the total casualties and missing is 18,102 people.

It is feared the death toll from the disaster on March 11, it will be much higher considering the number of victims has yet been found.

While this hopes to find other victims who survived more thinning.

The earthquake that occurred March 11 This is the biggest earthquake in Japan since 1923. It was the Great Kanto Earthquake killed more than 142 thousand people.