1,000 bodies found in Japan's quake-hit area

SHINO YUASA

Published: Monday, March 14 2011 1:30 a.m. MDT

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Rescue workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in n Minami Sanrikucho in Iwate Prefecture Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.

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Japanese police say another 1,000 bodies have been found in quake-hit coastal areas.

TOKYO — Japanese police say another 1,000 bodies have been found in quake-hit coastal areas.

A police official in Miyagi said Monday that around 1,000 washed up bodies were scattered across Miyagi coastlines. The official declined to be named, citing department policy.

The Miyagi police chief inspected the areas from a helicopter Monday. The official said authorities were recovering the bodies.

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