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  • This picture taken on March 11, 2011 by Sadatsugu Tomizawa and released via Jiji Press on March 21, 2011 shows tsunami waves hitting the coast of Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture. The number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing in Japan neared 22,000, 10 days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read SADATSUGU TOMIZAWA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • CORRECTION-CREATION DATEThis picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 and released on March 18, 2011 shows a tsunami breeching an embankment and flowing into the city of Miyako in Iwate prefecture shortly after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region of northern Japan. The official number of dead and missing after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast a week ago has topped 16,600, with 6,405 confirmed dead, it was announced on March 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • This picture taken on March 11, 2011 by Sadatsugu Tomizawa and released via Jiji Press on March 21, 2011 shows tsunami waves hitting the coast of Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture. The number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing in Japan neared 22,000, 10 days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read SADATSUGU TOMIZAWA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FUTABA, JAPAN - MARCH 14: In this satellite view, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power plant after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 14, 2011 in Futaba, Japan. Japanese officials report that a fire at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has released radioactive material into the air in the latest development in the chaos wrought by the recent earthquake and tsunami that have left at least 10,000 people dead in northeastern Japan. (Photo by DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
  • KESENNUMA, JAPAN - MARCH 08: In this composite image (top) a woman surveys the damage after the earthquake on March 17, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 8, 2012 in Kesennuma, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing ammounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • This combination of pictures shows a private plane, cars and debris outside Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011 (top) two days after a tsunami hit the region on March 11, 2011 and the same area on January 12, 2012 (bottom). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummelled Japan, claiming more than 19,000 lives. FRANCE OUT AFP PHOTO / MIKE CLARKE (top) AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA (bottom) (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN - MARCH 07: In this composite image (top) a replica of the Statue of Liberty stands amongst rubble and debris on March 18, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 7, 2012 in Ishinomaki, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing ammounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN - MARCH 07: In this composite image (top) a man climbs onto a boat wedged on a bridge on March 18, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 7, 2012 in Ishinomaki, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing ammounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • OTSUCHI, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 10: (EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: COMPOSITE IMAGE) In this composite image, (Bottom Photo) the devastated town of Otsuchi is seen prior to the sixth month anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and massive tsunami on September 10, 2011 in Ostuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. (Top Photo) The Hamayuri, a catamaran sightseeing boat, sits atop a two-story building among the tsunami debris on April 3, 2011 in Ostuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaging the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The current number of dead and missing is reportedly estimated to be 22,900. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
  • MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - MARCH 08: In this composite image (top) a member of the police search and rescue team looks under a rock on March 19, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 8, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing ammounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • Wrecked vehicles remain in a field of reeds in Namie, two years after the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake, near the striken TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture on March 11, 2013. March 11, 2013 marks the second anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that sent a huge wall of water into the coast of the Tohoku region, splintering whole communities, ruining swathes of prime farmland and killing nearly 19,000 people. AFP PHOTO / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
  • KESENNUMA, JAPAN - MARCH 11: The grounded No.18 Kyotoku Maru fishing boat is illuminated as Japan commemorates the victims of the 2011 Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2013 in Kesennuma, Japan. Japan is commemorating the second anniversary of the 2011 Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that claimed more than 18,000 lives. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
  • A Buddhist statue recently built in honour of tsunami victims is silhouetted at sunset on the seashore in Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2013 on the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Japan on March 11 marked the second anniversary of a ferocious tsunami that claimed nearly 19,000 lives and sparked the worst nuclear accident in a generation. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • KESENNUMA, JAPAN - MARCH 11: Kesennuma city is seen during a lightshow on March 11, 2013 in Kesennuma, Japan. Japan is commemorating the second anniversary of the 2011 Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that claimed more than 18,000 lives. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
  • KESENNUMA, JAPAN - MARCH 11: Japanese people pay their respect during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2013 in Kesennuma, Japan. Japan is commemorating the second anniversary of the 2011 Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that claimed more than 18,000 lives. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
  • Two elderly women are reflected on a monument on which names of tsunami victim from the district are carved in Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2013. Japan on March 11 marked the second anniversary of a ferocious tsunami that claimed nearly 19,000 lives and sparked the worst nuclear accident in a generation. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • MINAMISOMA, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Children float balloons and pay their respects to victims during the second anniversary commemoration of the earthquake and tsunami on March 10, 2013 in Minamisoma, Japan. Japan on March 11 will commemorate the second anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and following tsunami, that claimed more than 18,000 lives. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
 

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