Over 14,000 people remain missing as Japan marked one month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country on March 11.

According to latest data, the death toll reached 13,000.

About 151,000 survivors are staying in shelters, Gazeta.ru reports.

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan plans to hold a press conference on Monday to present government plans to help local residents to reconstruct affected areas and bring Fukushima nuclear complex power plant.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, on March 11, the largest earthquake (9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful aftershocks. The epicenter is located 373 to north-east from Japan’s capital, Tokyo at the depth of 24 kilometers. A massive earthquake damaged cooling functions of the Fukushima nuclear plant, making the operator to pour seawater into reactors and let out radioactive air into atmosphere.