All Indian nationals safe in quake-hit Japan: Govt

NEW DELHI: A day after Japan was hit by giant tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake which has left 1600 people dead or unaccounted for there, India today said that information available so far indicates that all its nationals are safe.

"...spoke with our Ambassador in Tokyo. All Indians safe acc (according) to presently available info. We have about 100 in Sendai," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said here.

Rao also tweeted that India has pledged to assist Japan and that country would decide if it needed help.

According to reports, around 200 to 300 bodies were found in Sendai's Wakabayashi Ward.

As rescuers have not been able to completely access the tsunami-hit areas with tsunami warnings still in effect, the overall picture of the destruction remained unclear.