she put her expertise to use across her home prefecture of iwate, which was hit hard by the tsunami.ator: this is the chart we use to record data about the deceased. we start with the teeth at the back. >> kumagai matches what she finds with existing dental records to figure out who the victim is. like dna and fingerprints, each person's dental records are unique. they have become an important way of putting names to the missing or t the deceased. kumagai still remembers one heartbreaking request she received at a morgue after the quake. it was from a man carrying a memo with his spouse's dental information, which provided crucial clues. >> translator: he said to me, i think this body is my wife. will you takake a look at her teeth? dental characteristics are useful in identifying someone, only if we have their existing records to match them with. otherwise, it is extremely difficult. >> dental information has helped identify more than 1,200 of the victims. but the tsunami swept away clinics where many people's records were kept. kumagai thinks that if is this information had been ce

and some areas could see even bigger waves than the ones that hit in 2011, as high as 29.7 meters in iwate prefecture. if a mega quake occurs, it could trigger a tsunami as high as 13.7 meters in fukushima. that's higher than the 11-meter seawall, which is being built at the crippled fukushima-daiichi nuclear plant. the cabinet office, also, plans to assess the extent of damage, and draw up disaster-control measures by the end of march, next year. >>> now, moving on to world weather. strong winds and rough seas are expected across parts of asia. our meteorologist joins us now. what else can we expect today? >> hi there. yes, there are some strong winds and, also, expected from the northeast and parts of china right through south korea, moving all the way into the northern part of japan. and this could lead to unstable weather conditions, and also possibilities of dangers along the coastal part. so, please, do take care there. some stronger winds associated with the pressure systems that are up into the northern part of asia are going to cause those possibilities and those conditions to con