Japanese evacuees (L-R) Sizuko Kawasaki, 66, with her daughter Mayumi Kawasaki, 39, and grandson Kazutoku, 4, waiting for a bus to evacuation center in the devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011 a month after the March 11 disaster. The official death toll from the March 11 disaster reached 12,915 with 14,921 people are listed as missing, Japan's National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A composite picture of a leisure ship sitting on top of a damaged hotel in different angle of view is seen in tsunami- and earthquake-devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011 a month after the March 11 disaster. The owner of the ship told EPA instead of acquiring heavy earth movers to remove the ship they decided to dismantle the whole ship and assemble afterwards. The official death toll from the March 11 disaster stood at 12,915 with 14,921 people listed as missing, Japan's National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Japanese evacuee Kazutoku Kawaski, 4, with her mother waiting for a bus to evacuation center in the devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A group of young Japanese girls pray during memorial event at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 11 April 2011. Priests, monks, and visitors gather to pray for the relief of the Tohoku disaster victims. April 11th marks the one month anniversary of the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast region of Japan leaving nearly 28,000 people either dead or missing and 150,000 homeless. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
Japanese evacuees in front of a bulletin board for missing persons inside a gymnasium turned into an evacuation center in the devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011 a month after the March 11 disaster. The official death toll from the March 11 disaster reached 12,915 with 14,921 people are listed as missing, Japan's National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A lone Japanese rides his bike in the devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011 a month after the March 11 disaster. The official death toll from the March 11 disaster reached 12,915 with 14,921 people are listed as missing, Japan's National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Japanese soldiers walk after praying for tsunami-victims in the devastated coastal town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on 11 April 2011 a month after the March 11 disaster. The official death toll from the March 11 disaster reached 12,915 with 14,921 people are listed as missing, Japan's National Police Agency said. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A group of Japanese Shinto priests (L) and Buddhist monks (R) patiently for the prayers to begin at near the water at Yugihama Beach during a pray for Japan memorial event in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 11 April 2011. Priests, monks, and visitors gather to pray for the relief of the Tohoku disaster victims. April 11th marks the one month anniversary of the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast region of Japan leaving nearly 28,000 people either dead or missing and 150,000 homeless. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
A group of Japanese Buddhist monks attend a pray for Japan memorial event in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 11 April 2011. Priests, monks, and visitors gather to pray for the relief of the Tohoku disaster victims. April 11th marks the one month anniversary of the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast region of Japan leaving nearly 28,000 people either dead or missing and 150,000 homeless. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
A Christian priest offers his prayers near the water at Yugihama Beach during a pray for Japan memorial event that took place in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 11 April 2011. Priests, monks, and visitors gather to pray for the relief of the Tohoku disaster victims. April 11th marks the one month anniversary of the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast region of Japan leaving nearly 28,000 people either dead or missing and 150,000 homeless. EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
Daisuke Koizumi, a 30-year-old Ishinomaki Fire Department firefighter is searching for the missing, including three fellow firefighters, on his first day off since the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunamis in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, at 14:46, 11 April 2011, one month after the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis. About 15,000 people including their three colleagues are still missing and about 13,000 people have been confirmed to be killed by the earthquake and tsunamis. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Chiyoko Sasaki, 67, offers a silent prayer for her husband Sueo, 72, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, 11 April, 2011, commemorating the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunamis, after Sueo was found dead April 10, one day before the one month mark. Chiyoko also lost her daughter Kaori. About 15,000 people are still missing and about 13,000 people have been confirmed to be killed by the earthquake and tsunamis. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
