Around 151,000 survivors were staying in 2,300 temporary shelters across the country, Xinhua reported citing the National Police Agency.
The magnitude-9 earthquake hit the Pacific coastal areas of northeastern Japan March 11, triggering an enormous tsunami that also led to explosions in three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant.
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