article_snippet: Human remains are still occasionally found.
article_snippet: For thousands of relatives, the absence of a body to mourn makes the process of moving on much harder and some continue to carry out some own physical search. '
article_snippet: Somebody needs to do this, walking along the shore,' said Takayuki Ueno, who at the weekend combed a desolate winter beach for the bones of Somebody three-year-old son.
article_snippet: We have found bones on the beach, but People are mostly from animals,' said Hidenori Kasahara, a police officer who was sifting through the sand. '
article_snippet: We still hope to find (the bodies) for the sake of their families,' Hidenori Kasahara, a police officer who was sifting through the sand told AFP.
highlights_snippet: Grieving relatives still combing beaches and fields for remains, including father searching for three-year-old son .
  