Japanese professor Tetsuya Sumi, an assistant of the Daido University in Nagoya, wears a protective mask and goggles as he walks through debris in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 05 April 2011. Professor Sumi, went to Otsuchi to help local tsunami victims to get fresh water from their area. He added, that the fresh water he found in Otsuchi is very rare in Japan as it has the characteristics of high pressure and can be be used as potable water. The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March and the ensuing tsunami have left tens of thousands of people dead or still missing, the National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Japanese professor Tetsuya Sumi, an assistant of the Daido University in Nagoya, demonstrates how the natural pressure pumps up fresh water as he walks through debris in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 05 April 2011. Professor Sumi, went to Otsuchi to help local tsunami victims to get fresh water from their area. He added, that the fresh water he found in Otsuchi is very rare in Japan as it has the characteristics of high pressure and can be be used as potable water. The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March and the ensuing tsunami have left tens of thousands of people dead or still missing, the National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A Japanese family searches for belongings in the ruins of their house in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 05 April 2011. The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March and the ensuing tsunami have left tens of thousands of people dead or still missing, the National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Japanese professor Tetsuya Sumi, an assistant of the Daido University in Nagoya, walks through debris in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 05 April 2011. Professor Sumi, went to Otsuchi to help local tsunami victims to get fresh water from their area. He added, that the fresh water he found in Otsuchi is very rare in Japan as it has the characteristics of high pressure and can be be used as potable water. The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March and the ensuing tsunami have left tens of thousands of people dead or still missing, the National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Japanese professor Tetsuya Sumi, an assistant of the Daido University in Nagoya, demonstrates how the natural pressure pumps up fresh water as he walks through debris in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on 05 April 2011. Professor Sumi, went to Otsuchi to help local tsunami victims to get fresh water from their area. He added, that the fresh water he found in Otsuchi is very rare in Japan as it has the characteristics of high pressure and can be be used as potable water. The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March and the ensuing tsunami have left tens of thousands of people dead or still missing, the National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A photo released by the U.S. Navy on 05 April 2011 shows Sailors attached to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) cleaning up debris from a harbour on Oshima Island, Japan, on 03 April 2011 to help with continuing disaster relief efforts. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are on Oshima Island to help clear a harbour and assist with cleaning debris from roads and a local school in support of Operation Tomodachi. EPA/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran / HAN MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A photo released by the U.S. Navy on 05 April 2011 shows engineman 2nd Class Ryan Grubbs (L), attached to Assault Craft Unit 1, directing Landing Craft Utility 1634 as it brings Sailors and Marines ashore on Oshima Island, Japan, on 03 April 2011 to help with continuing disaster relief efforts. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are on Oshima Island to help clear a harbour and assist with cleaning debris from roads and a local school in support of Operation Tomodachi. EPA/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran / HAN MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A photo released by the U.S. Navy on 05 April 2011 shows Sailors attached to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) cleaning up debris from a harbour on Oshima Island, Japan, on 03 April 2011 to help with continuing disaster relief efforts. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are on Oshima Island to help clear a harbour and assist with cleaning debris from roads and a local school in support of Operation Tomodachi. EPA/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran / HAN MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A photo released by the U.S. Navy on 05 April 2011 shows an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 picking up supplies from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) during a vertical replenishment with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is currently operating off the coast of Kesennuma, in northeastern Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. EPA/MC2 Greg Johnson / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
