A Japanese man tries to salvage his car in tsunami-devastated coastal town of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Damaged buildings and debris are reflected in the water in tsunami-devastated coastal town of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A Japanese motorist makes his way on a road and past piles of debris in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A Japanese man rides his bicycle in tsunami-devastated coastal town of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Evacuees take rest in their 'rooms' partitioned by cardboard boxes at an evacuation center in the tsunami-hit coastal town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died and gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
A Japanese military helicopter surveys the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A Japanese cyclist pases by in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
The tsunami-devastated coastal town of Minamisanriku is reflected in a pool of water in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died and gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
An elderly evacuee is reflected in a window pane as notices posted by survivors are seen on the window at an evacuation center in the coastal town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died and gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
The tsunami-devastated coastal town of Minamisanriku is reflected in a pool of water in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died and gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
The tsunami-devastated coastal town of Minamisanriku is reflected in a pool of water in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died or gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
The tsunami-devastated coastal town of Minamisanriku is reflected in a pool of water in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 03 April 2011. Some 20,000 people have died and gone missing following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the region on 11 March 2011. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
A handout photo made available by Asahi Shimbun 03 April, 2011, showing a mega-float being prepared to be transported to the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor, from its site in Shimizu city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, 01 April 2011. The float will be used to store radioactive water found in the damaged nuclear power plant. EPA/STRINGER JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT: EPA/ASAHI SHIMBUN
A handout photo dated and made available by Asahi Shimbun 03 April 2011 showing a Japanese Self Defense Forces officer discovering a body in the rubble of Tsunami devastated Higashimatsushima city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. More than 24,000 people are feared dead or missing, 9,408 deaths have been confirmed so far, and 14,716 people remain missing from the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on 11 March. EPA/STRINGER JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT: EPA/ASAHI SHIMBUN
