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Local residents walk through the Shinjuku district on March 20, 2011 in Toyko, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck 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 and threatening a nuclear catastrophe. The death toll continues to rise with numbers of dead and missing exceeding 20,000 in a tragedy not seen since World War II in Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)






A woman surveys the damage after the earthquake on March 17, 2011 in Kensennuma, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)






Japanese military clear roads to bring in more cranes and bulldozers March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)






In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on March 18, 2011 in the Sea of Japan. The USS Essex, USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and USS Germantown (LSD 42) have arrived off the coast of Japan's Akita prefecture to await further tasking in support of Operation Tomodachi, the US-led disaster relief mission following last week's earthquake and tsunami. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)






Manholes poke out from the ground due to the liquefaction triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 19, 2011 in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. The reclaimed area at Tokyo Bay also suffered the quake. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)






Aiko Musashi is stunned as she looks at her neighbour's house while collecting personal belongings at her destroyed home on March 18, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. Thousands have been killed as a result of the 9.0 earthquake and consequent tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan six days ago. A potential humanitarian crisis looms as nearly half a million people who have been displaced by the disaster continue to suffer a shortage of food and fuel as freezing weather conditions set in. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






Momoko Onodera prays as she talks about her husband who died in the tsunami at an evacuation center on March 18, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






Miyuki Komatsu walks back to her home March 18, 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)






A man hugs his dog to keep it warm as earthquake victims pack an evacuation center March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)






Toyoki Sugawara looks out from his destroyed liquor shop where he is collecting any items he can salvage on March 18, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






People wait in line for a supermarket to open as limited food continues to cause problems for people in the earthquake effected areas March 20, 2011 in Ichinoseki, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)






In this handout image provided by the International Federation of Red Cross Japan, a Japanese Red Cross volunteer surveys the damage 19, 2011 in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, Japan. (Photo by Japanese Red Cross/IFRC via Getty Images)






A woman donates to volunteers collecting money for the Red Cross at Ebisu Station on March 20, 2011 in Toyko, Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)






A man tries to salvage personnel items from his boat March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






An elderly woman sits by a heater to keep warm as earthquake victims pack an evacuation center March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)






Itsuko Hirayoma stands outside her destroyed home trying to slavage personnel items March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. Hirayoma says although she lost her home and has nothing left all her family members are safe. More than a week after the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan the death toll has risen to 8,200 dead with still thousands missing. Presently the country is struggling to contain a potential nuclear meltdown after the nuclear plant was seriously damaged from the quake. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)






Containers are washed away on March 20, 2011 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)






A Japanese woman collects clothing from the rubble of her destroyed home, trying to salvage what personal items remain March 20, 2011 in Ofunato, Japan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)






A fishing boat is washed onto the ground on March 20, 2011 in Asahi, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)
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