The official death toll in Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami reached 9811.

According to National Police Agency of Japan, over 17, 251 people are listed missing, Lenta.ru reports.

Within the recent days over 2,000 bodies were found out in Iwate prefecture, one of the most affected area of the country.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, on March 11, the biggest earthquake (9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful aftershocks. The epicenter is located 373 to north-east from Japan’s capital, Tokyo at the depth of 24 kilometers. A massive earthquake damaged cooling functions of the Fukushima nuclear plant, making the operator to pour seawater into reactors and let out radioactive air into atmosphere.  On March 19-21, traces of radiation were found in milk and spinach in farms near Ibaraki prefecture.