The death toll in Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake reached 38, NHK TV channel reports.  Earlier, the mass media reported of 32 killed and many injured, RIA Novosti reports.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, on March 11, the biggest earthquake (8.9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami. The epicenter is located 373 to north-east from Japan’s capital, Tokyo at the depth of 24 kilometers.

Armenian citizens did not suffer in the powerful earthquake in Japan, Spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told. According to him, there are 30 Armenian citizens in Japan.