Monty Dickson, 26, teaching in Japan as part of the JET program, was swept away the March 11 tsunami.

His family in Alaska recently received an email, then a phone call, notifying them that his body has been found.

According to reports, Dickson was on the third floor of a building when the huge tsunami washed over the building. He was in Japan on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program.

An Alaskan businessman gave the family a days proceeds to help them go to Japan.