A local resident who survived the tsunami stands amidst rubble of what left over from her house as she offers a silent prayer for the victims killed by the tsunamis to commemorate the first week after the 11 March 2011 devastationg earthquake and tsunamis, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, about 350km north of Tokyo, 18 March 2011. Thousands of people have been reported dead and another several thousands were still missing, official sources said 18 March, as search and rescue missions are continued all over the affected regions of the country. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
A foreign traveler and his son wait for their delayed or canceled flights to depart from Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 18, 2011. The airport was more crowded than usual with evacuees and normal travelers that took precaution to leave the country from foreign governments highly advising residents to flee, as Japan still struggles to battle the nuclear crisis. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
A Japanese father and his son spend some quiet time as they wait for their delayed or canceled flights to depart from Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 18, 2011. The airport was more crowded than usual with evacuees and normal travelers that took precaution to leave the country from foreign governments highly advising residents to flee, as Japan still struggles to battle the nuclear crisis. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
Passengers crowd near the check-in counter at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 18, 2011. The airport was more crowded than usual with evacuees and normal travelers that took precaution to leave the country from foreign governments highly advising residents to flee, as Japan still struggles to battle the nuclear crisis. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
A U.S. resident speaks with U.S. Embassy officials at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 18, 2011. The airport was more crowded than usual with evacuees and normal travelers that took precaution to leave the country from foreign governments highly advising residents to flee, as Japan still struggles to battle the nuclear crisis. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
Eerie darkness prevails over otherwise bustling Ginza shopping district in the heart of Tokyo as bright lights and neon signs are turned off and streets are deserted in the evening of 17 March 2011. Japan's largest electric utility company began the first-ever rolling blackout March 14 to help prevent an unexpected large-scale power outage after a powerful earthquake shut two nuclear plants indefinitely on March 11. The blackout, however, could sharply curtail Japan's economic growth and disrupt global commerce. EPA/AFLO/Yusuke Nakanishi JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Ryoudai Kinno, a 10-year-old schoolboy, plays soccer at his elementary school turned into a makeshift evacuation centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, about 350km north of Tokyo, Japan on 18 March 2011, a week after the 11 March 2011 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunamis. Thousands of people have been reported dead and another several thousands were still missing said police on 18 March as search and rescue missions continued in the country. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
A tsunami survivor gets his blood pressure measured at a makeshift evacuation centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, about 350km north of Tokyo, Japan on 18 March 2011, a week after the 11 March 2011 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunamis. Thousands of people have been reported dead and another several thousands were still missing said police on 18 March as search and rescue missions continued in the country. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Thirty seven-year-old security guard Yuji Kikuchi reacts as water pours out of a drawer in his tsunami-hit apartment room on the third floor in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, 18 March 2011. Kikuchi and his ten-year-old daughter Rion still cannot get a hold of his wife who has been missing since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 2011. Thousands have been reported dead and another several thousands still missing by police on 18 March as search and resucue missions continued in the country that also faces possible nuclear fallout from the eathquake and tsunami stricken plant in Fukushima. Japan meanwhile upgraded the rating of events at its Fukushima nuclear plant to level 5 on the international 7-step scale on 18 March, defining it as an "accident with wider consequences." EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
Thirty seven-year-old security guard Yuji Kikuchi cleans up his tsunami-hit apartment room on the third floor in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, 18 March 2011. Kikuchi and his ten-year-old daughter Rion still cannot get a hold of his wife who has been missing since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 2011. Thousands have been reported dead and another several thousands still missing by police on 18 March as search and resucue missions continued in the country that also faces possible nuclear fallout from the eathquake and tsunami stricken plant in Fukushima. Japan meanwhile upgraded the rating of events at its Fukushima nuclear plant to level 5 on the international 7-step scale on 18 March, defining it as an "accident with wider consequences." EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
Water pours out of a drawer as thirty seven-year-old security guard Yuji Kikuchi opens it to clean up his tsunami-hit apartment room on the third floor in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, 18 March 2011. Kikuchi and his ten-year-old daughter Rion still cannot get a hold of his wife who has been missing since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 2011. Thousands have been reported dead and another several thousands still missing by police on 18 March as search and resucue missions continued in the country that also faces possible nuclear fallout from the eathquake and tsunami stricken plant in Fukushima. Japan meanwhile upgraded the rating of events at its Fukushima nuclear plant to level 5 on the international 7-step scale on 18 March, defining it as an "accident with wider consequences." EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
Japan's Self-Defence Ground Force members are searching in debris swept by tsunamis in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, about 350km north of Tokyo, Japan, on 18 March 2011, a week after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunamis on 11 March 2011. Thousands of people have been reported dead and another several thousands were still missing said police on 18 March as search and resucue missions continued in the country. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
