Japan begins to dig for dead amid escalating nuclear crisis

Police officers from Hyogo Prefecture search through the rubble in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Photo / AP
SOMA, Japan - Rescue workers used chainsaws and hand picks today to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a growing humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami.