People walk in the rubble in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
A girl, wrapped in a blanket, stands to look on tsunami damaged town at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011. Japan battled a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant, as the full horror of the disaster emerged on the ravaged northeast coast with thousands feared dead. The colossal 8.9-magnitude tremor sent waves of mud and debris racing over towns and farming land in Japan's northeast, destroying all before it and leaving the coast a swampy wasteland.
People wade through a flooded street in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
Gutted vehicles and the rubble is seen in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast
A woman searches through the rubble of her home destroyed in Friday's powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
A resident is rescued from debris in Natori, Miyagi, northern Japan Saturday, March 12, 2011 after one of the country's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit its eastern coast on Friday.
A soldier carries an elderly woman on his back as people are evacuated to a shelter at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan.
These two handout satellite photographs provided by the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) of the German Aeropsace Center (DLR) show the Matsushima Airport and surrounding area before (L) and after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 12, 2011 at Higashi-Matsushima, Japan. At least 1,800 people are confirmed dead across northeastern Japan and at least two nuclear reactors at the Fukushima facility are facing meltdown.
A soldier pulls a rubber boat carrying evacuated people at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011.Japan battled a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant, as the full horror of the disaster emerged on the ravaged northeast coast where more than 10,000 were feared dead. An explosion at the ageing Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant blew apart the building housing one of its reactors on March 12, a day after the biggest quake ever recorded in Japan unleashed a monster 10-metre (33-foot) tsunami.
People evacuate from their houses in Tagajo near Sendai, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, after Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
A man cries in front of an evacuation center after learning his friend was killed in Friday's powerful earthquake in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
A patient in a wheelchair is helped by attendants as they evacuate from a tsunami-affected hospital at Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast.
People walk through the rubble in Rikuzentakakata, Iwate Prefecture, Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami.
Buildings are devastated after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast, at Ofunato, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011
A woman looks at a photo picked up from the rubble of her home collapsed in a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Ofuna, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011
An elderly woman takes a rest at an evacuation center in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast.
In this photo released by the Japanese Defense Agency, Hiromitsu Shinkawa, right, waves to rescuers before being rescued to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Sunday March 13, 2011. When spotted, the 60-year-old man was floating off the coast of Fukushima's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition.
Japanese rescuers carry a dead body in Sendai on March 13, 2011. The massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11 left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for with panic has caused shortages of food and fuel in many parts of eastern Japan
Residents charge up their mobile phones at a shopping street providing a free charging service at Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast
In this photo released by the Japanese Defense Agency, Japanese Hiromitsu Shinkawa, wrapped in a blanket, is lifted to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer following his rescue on Sunday March 13, 2011. When spotted, the 60-year-old man was floating off the coast of Fukushima prefecture's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition
Black smoke rises from an industrial complex in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast.
A couple pick up personal belongings from their car which was swept out by Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
A nurse asks health condition from an elderly woman at a shelter in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture (state) Sunday, March13, 2011, two days after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan.
Rubble is scattered across the wide areas of the town of Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast.
An official wears protective clothing as he waits to scan people for radiation at an emergency center on Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama, Japan, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
This October 2008 photo shows the Fukushima No. 1 power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. An explosion Saturday March 12, 2011, blew out the walls of Unit 1, at right, while on Sunday March 13 officials attempted to prevent a meltdown of the reactor in Unit 3, second left. Japanese officials were struggling Sunday with a growing nuclear crisis and the threat of multiple meltdowns, as more than 170,000 people were evacuated from the quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast where police fear more than 10,000 people may have already died.
Unit 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, left, with its top part of walls blown off after Saturday's explosion is seen with other units including Unit 3 reactor, second from right, where a hydrogen explosion could occur in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture (state) in Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. This photo was taken from Tamura city in Fukushima Prefecture
The No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, is seen at left, with its upper part of the walls blown off after an explosion in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture (state), northeastern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011
An official scans a man and a child for radiation at an emergency center on Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama, Japan, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast
An official scans a man for radiation at an emergency center Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama, northeastern Japan, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
In this combination of photos, the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, is seen before, left, and after an explosion that blew out the walls of the unit, in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The photo at left was taken Oct. 3, 2008, and the photo at right was released by the Tokyo Power Electric Co. March 12, 2011, following the explosion. Some 170,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area around the plant in Fukushima as authorities frantically tried to prevent a meltdown following a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
Smoke rise from an oil refinery on fire following a tsunami triggered by a strong earthquake in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
A woman whose home was badly damaged by the earthquake and tsunami speaks to recovery officers in her destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011
Ships washed away by tsunami sit on the land near a port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit its eastern coast Friday.
Residents evacuated from areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear facilities damaged in Friday's massive earthquake line up to be checked for radiation exposure Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
Residents evacuated from areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear facilities damaged in Friday's massive earthquake react during a check for radiation contamination, Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
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