The National Police Agency said 110 people had been confirmed dead and 350 missing, with 544 others injured in the tremor.
"The death toll has yet to include the 200-300 dead bodies which were (reportedly) found on the beach of Sendai," a spokesman for the agency said.
Around 200 to 300 bodies were found in a part of Japan`s quake and tsunami hit Pacific coast town of Sendai, according to media reports.
Kyodo News and Jiji Press agency said the bodies were reported found in Sendai`s Wakabayashi ward following the powerful seabed earthquake that sent a massive tsunami slamming into the coast.
Of the dead, 34 were found in Iwate prefecture, near the epicentre, the agency said. Three were killed in Tokyo.(*)
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