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Japanese firemen decide to turn their vehicle around after
running into water at high tide in an area flooded by the tsunami in
Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on April 1, 2011. Thousands of Japanese and US
troops launched an intensive air and sea operation to recover bodies still left
from the huge earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago.
2011/04/01
Which reminds me of the huge role that dogs have played in this
enormous search and rescue. Humans can't hold a candle to dogs when it comes to
finding bodies (alive or dead)
Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force get
ready to search for the victims of the March 11 tsunami in the bay of Ofunato,
Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene
Hoshiko)
U.S. Marines pray for the victims before starting to
clear the rubble at Kesennumaoshima, northeastern Japan on Friday, April 1,
2011, three weeks after a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami struck
Japan's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Haruka Takahashi)
多くの死者と行方不明者を出した仙台市若林区の住民たちで自宅周辺をまだ見たことがなかった人たちが２日午前、自衛隊の特殊車両に乗って約３週間ぶりに住んでいた地域の被災状況を目の当たりにした。住民たちは様変わりした風景にぼうぜんとしていた＝幾島健太郎撮影
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) inspects a
tsunami destroyed city hall in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on April 2,
2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan set foot for the first time in the
tsunami-ravaged disaster zone, arriving in a town where more than 2,000 are
listed as dead or missing. Kan, who flew into Rikuzentakata on a military
helicopter from Tokyo, was also to stop over in nearby Fukushima prefecture, in
a show of support for emergency crews risking their lives to prevent meltdown at
a nuclear plant.
2011年4月2日 
Japanese women wash their salvaged belongings in a stream due to lack of water
in the tsunami-devastated town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on April 2,
2011. The Japanese premier for the first time set foot in the tsunami zone,
visiting the devastated port of Rikuzentakata, a muddy wasteland of concrete
ruins, with a lone pine tree left from what used to be a forest.
Tsunami survivers eat inside a
cultural centre hall in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on April 4, 2011.
A dead pig lies next to a flooded road in the Odaka
area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone around the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear reactors on April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) 
Pigs wander around at a devastated area in Minami
Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. Dairy
animals and pets were left behind after their owners have evacuated from the
evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. (AP Photo/Hiro
Komae) 
A man has a meal on the ground where his house used to be, after
removing the rubble at an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, April 4, 2011.
Damaged heavy equipment is seen at a port in Ofunato, Iwate
prefecture, April 4, 2011, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0
earthquake and tsunami on March 11. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Tsunami survivers queue for food handouts at a cultural centre
hall in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on April 4, 2011.
A vehicle is moved from the tsunami-devastated area of
Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture on April 4, 2011
In this Tuesday, April 5, 2011 photo, scuba divers search for the bodies of
missing people in water of Yoriiso fishing port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture
following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. (AP
Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Naoki Maeda)
A general view shows tsunami damage in Onagawa, Miyagi
prefecture on April 5, 2011.
A volunteer fire fighters' vehicle remains in a tsunami-affected
area in Minamisoma City, Fukushima. Some volunteer fire fighters sacrificed
their lives to warn people about the tsunami. Motoya
There lies a message board for missing tsunami victims
near (outside) the 20 km nuclear evacuation zone in Minamisoma City, Fukushima
prefecture, Japan. Finding missing victims has been slow in Minamisoma
because neither the police or Japan Self-Defense Forces are allowed to go into
the evacuation zone.
ボランティアの人たちが生活するための色とりどりのテントが並んでいた＝宮城県石巻市で２０１１年４月６日午後０時５９分、本社ヘリから長谷川直亮撮影
Residents of Oshima Island hold confetti as they bid farewell to U.S. Marines
leaving following their support operation in the tsunami-ravaged island in
Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, April 6, 2011.
In this photo taken on April 7, Japan Self-Defense Force personnel stand near
some safes they retrieved from houses destroyed by the tsunami in Ishinomaki,
Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan. Safes were washing up along the
tsunami-battered coast, and police were trying to find their owners, a unique
problem in the country where many people, especially the elderly, still stash
their cash at home.
Minamisoma April 7, 2011.
Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for
victims inside the deserted evacuation zone, established for the 20 kilometer
radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors, in Minami Soma, Fukushima
prefecture, Japan, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and
soldiers were mobilized Thursday to begin their first major search operation
inside the evacuation zone. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
A Buddhist monk Sokan Obara, 28, from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, prays for the
victims in the debris in the area devastated by the March 11 tsunami in Ofunato,
Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Dogs wonder around a town of Minami Soma, inside the deserted evacuation zone
established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear
complex in northeastern Japan Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A cat sits on a sofa at a damaged store in front of Japan Railway Odaka station
in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011.
Pets were left behind after their owners have evacuated from the evacuation zone
within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.(AP
Photo/Hiro Komae)
Parts of a railway line hung over water in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on
April 10, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised he would 'never abandon'
survivors of Japan's tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future,
despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant
April 10, 2011
Tsunami survivor Tadao Kamei and a friend draw the words
"Ganbaro!" or "hang in there" on a new billboard lit up with car headlights in
Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture. Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised he would "never
abandon" survivors of Japan's tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the
future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA /
AFP/GETTY IMAGE
April 11, 2011
April 11, 2011
Japanese residents pray for victims at an elementary school in Ishinomaki,
northeastern Japan, on Monday, April 11. Exactly one month ago, a massive
earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coastal region.
A policeman directs traffic by hand due to the lack of electricity in
Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 10
Volunteers remove mud and sort family photographs recovered by defense force
soldiers from tsunami devastated areas, at a shelter in Kesennuma city in Miyagi
prefecture, Japan on April 10.
A month after the tsunami divastation, two years old Ayaka (C) and family
members pray for her missing grand mother and great grand mother at a vacant lot
where they lived in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 11, 2011. Japan said
it was to widen the evacuation area around a crippled nuclear plant to include
territory outside the current 20-kilometre (12-mile) exclusion zone.
APRIL 11: A buddhist monk prays for earthquake victims at a burial site one
month after the earthquake and tsunami struck on April 11, 2011 in
Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. A tsunami warning was issued today
after a 6.6 aftershock struck south of Fukushima, one month after a magnitude
9.0 earthquake and tsunami caused devastation along Japan's northeast coast.
Across the country people stood in silence at 2.46 pm to remember the thousands
killed.
11 April: Monks and rescue workers observe a minute of silence on top of Hiroyi
Yama, or "weather hill", one month on from the disaster which struck Natori,
Miyagi prefecture
April 12, 2011
A man (bottom) looks for his personal
belongings at a collection center for items found in the rubble of an area
devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, northern Japan. 
A volunteer opens family photos that were washed away
by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami before cleaning at a volunteer centre in
Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, April 12, 2011. 
Japanese man searches for family albums and belongings among a pile of items
recovered from the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and
displayed at a school gymnasium in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday,
April 13, 2011. Volunteers have been cleaning photos and personal possessions
retrieved from damaged homes in the hope that they can be returned to survivors
of the tsunami. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) 
A cow lies dead on the floor of a cattle shed after
residents were forced to evacuate from the deserted city of Minami Soma,
Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The city is
inside the evacuation zone within 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) radius from the
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) 
The sun sets on April 13, 2011 over debris still piled up nearly
five weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster devastated the city of
Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture. The impact of Japan's earthquake and nuclear
crisis rippled through the economy on April 13, when the government downgraded
its outlook and Toyota announced more temporary plant shutdowns overseas.
Residents take an out door bath amongst tsunami devastation in
Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011. Japan's seismologists
were so entrenched in outdated beliefs about seismic hazard that they became
blinkered to the risk of the March 11 mega-quake, a commentary in a top
science journal charged.
Collared dogs roam on a street in Futaba of Fukushima Prefecture,
northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae
This pair of before-and-after photos (click on the image) shows the removal
of tsunami destruction and debris covering the road in Ofunato city, Iwate
prefecture on March 14, 2011, three-days after the tsunami disaster and after
the road was cleaned of debris, on April 15, 2011. [click image to view
transition] (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)
Two women walk though cherry blossom hanging over tsunami damage
in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on April 18, 2011. 
Evacuees Kazuo Takezawa, from left, his son Haruo and his
daughters Yumi and Sanae move into the Yoshikawaya inn used for a shelter in
Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Monday, April 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) 
An area which becomes flooded at high tide (bottom) due to land
sinkage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is compared with the same
street at low tide (top) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, in this combination
picture taken April 19, 2011.
A crane lifts a boat from tsunami devastation in Yamada, Iwate
prefecture on April 19, 2011.
Namie, Japan: A dead dog in the exclusion zone around
the Fukushima nuclear plant
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