The death toll from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is expected to exceed 10,000.
The earthquake and tsunami killed people in more than a dozen of Japan's 47 prefectures.
The following is a toll of the dead or missing, according to Japanese media.
MIYAGI PREFECTURE, northeastern Japan
* At least 1,254 people confirmed dead in Kesennuma, Higashimatsubara, Sendai and other cities, but local authorities fear more than 10,000 people may have died in the prefecture alone.
* Around 1,000 bodies were found in the town of Minamisanriku. On several shores of the Oshika peninsula, around 100 bodies have been found but officials fear the number could rise to more than 1,000.
* Minamisanriku has a population of 17,000, but about 8,000 people are still missing.
* In Wakabayashi district of Sendai around 50 bodies have been collected from the area.
IWATE PREFECTURE, northeastern Japan
* At least 675 people confirmed dead, including those in the cities of Ofunato and Rikuzentakata.
* The city of Rikuzentakata, with a population of 23,000 people, was "almost completely wiped out," the fire department says. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded. No information yet on how many survived, and so far 300-400 bodies have been found.
* In neighboring Ofunato, about a quarter of the houses in the city has been destroyed. At a nursing home, 47 people died.
* In the town of Otsuchi, out of a population of 15,000 people, 12,000 people are missing. A 75-year-old woman was rescued today, about 92 hours after the quake.
FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, northeastern Japan
* About 492 people, including those in Iwaki and Minamisoma cities, are confirmed dead. Around 2,070 people are missing.