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Human remains found in Japan in 2023 have now been identified as a young girl missing since the country's 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011

DNA testing identified the remains as belonging to 6-year-old Natsuse Yamane, who was swept away from her family home

The remains were found in Miyagi, over 60 miles from the girl's home

Authorities have identified human remains found in Japan as belonging to a 6-year-old girl missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The remains, which were found in 2023, have now been identified as Natsuse Yamane, a 6-year-old kindergartener from Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, according to The Japan Times , Asahi Shimbun and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation .

Natsuse was at home with her family when the huge earthquake a

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