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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 photo, foundations of houses are seen in an area devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, an area devastated by the March 11, 2011 earth quake and tsunami is seen from a higher place in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo, a deserted train station is covered by snow in an area devastated by the March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo, a new fishing boat is anchored at a port behind a net to keep off trespassing as the damaged pier is under reconstruction after the March 11, 2011 tsunami, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Preecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, portrait of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami survivors are put on the wall in Kesennuma, Muyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan next week, will observe two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
This Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo shows an area devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, a woman offers a prayer in front of a make-shift alter for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan next week, will observe two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo, a man inspects a fishing boat which was washed ashore during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 3/5/2013 1:23:37 AM EST
In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo, a fishing boat washed ashore during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami sits in the devastated area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 1:53:33 AM EST
In this March 15, 2011 photo taken and provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), smoke billows from Unit 3 reactor building after an explosion at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, following the March 11 tsunami and earthquake. The March 2011 catastrophe in Japan has set off a flurry of independent films telling the stories of regular people who became overnight victims, stories the creators feel are being ignored by mainstream media and often silenced by the authorities. Nearly two years after the quake and tsunami disaster, the films are an attempt by the creative minds of Japan’s movie industry not only to confront the horrors of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, but also as a legacy and to empower the victims by telling their story for international audiences. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Posted: 2/27/2013 1:53:33 AM EST
In this image made from promotional footage for the film "Nuclear Nation" released by the 2012 Documentary Japan, Big River Films, Futaba mayor Katsutaka Idogawa, sixth from left in white jacket, poses with evacuees from Futaba town in front of their shelter, the abandoned Kisai high school, in Kazo, Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 11, 2012, a year after the tsunami and earthquake hit northern Japan. The film "Nuclear Nation," directed by Atsushi Funahashi, documented a story of the residents of Futaba, the town where the tsunami crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located. The March 2011 catastrophe in Japan has set off a flurry of independent films telling the stories of regular people who became overnight victims, stories the creators feel are being ignored by mainstream media and often silenced by the authorities. Nearly two years after the quake and tsunami disaster, the films are an attempt by the creative minds of Japan’s movie industry not only to confront the horrors of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, but also as a legacy and to empower the victims by telling their story for international audiences. (AP Photo/2012 Documentary Japan, Big River Films) CREDIT MANDATORY, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Posted: 2/27/2013 1:53:33 AM EST
In this photo taken Sept. 11, 2012, Atsushi Funahashi, director of the film "Nuclear Nation," speaks during an interview in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. His film documented a story of the residents of Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, the town where the tsunami crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located. The March 2011 catastrophe in Japan has set off a flurry of independent films telling the stories of regular people who became overnight victims, stories the creators feel are being ignored by mainstream media and often silenced by the authorities. Nearly two years after the quake and tsunami disaster, the films are an attempt by the creative minds of Japan’s movie industry not only to confront the horrors of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, but also as a legacy and to empower the victims by telling their story for international audiences. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 1:53:33 AM EST
FILE - This April 17, 2011 file photo shows damage on a street in Futaba, the town where the tsunami crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. After the March 2011 disaster, of all Fukushima communities forced to evacuate, Futaba chose the farthest spot from the nuclear plant - an abandoned high school in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. Atsushi Funahashi, director of “Nuclear Nation,” documented a story of the residents of Futaba in the film. The catastrophe in Japan has set off a flurry of independent films telling the stories of regular people who became overnight victims, stories the creators feel are being ignored by mainstream media and often silenced by the authorities. Nearly two years after the quake and tsunami disaster, the films are an attempt by the creative minds of Japan’s movie industry not only to confront the horrors of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, but also as a legacy and to empower the victims by telling their story for international audiences. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
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Posted: 2/27/2013 1:53:33 AM EST
FILE - In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Japanese police wearing protective radiation suits search for the bodies of victims of the tsunami in the Odaka area of Minami Soma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20-kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants. Japanese film director Yojyu Matsubayashi took a more standard documentary approach for his “Fukushima: Memories of the Lost Landscape,” interviewing people who were displaced in the Fukushima town of Minami Soma. He followed them into temporary shelters in cluttered gymnasiums and accompanied their harried visits to abandoned homes with the gentle patience of a video-journalist. The March 2011 catastrophe in Japan has set off a flurry of independent films telling the stories of regular people who became overnight victims, stories the creators feel are being ignored by mainstream media and often silenced by the authorities. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 5:15:09 AM EST
Daniel Berehulak of Australia, a photographer working for Getty Images, has won the third prize in the General News Stories category of the World Press Photo Contest 2013 with the series "Japan after the wave". The picture shows pine trees uprooted during the tsunami laying strewn over the beach in Rikuzentakata, taken on March 7, 2012 and distributed by the World Press Photo Foundation February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images/World Press Photo/Handout
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Posted: 2/12/2013 7:08:01 AM EST
Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Akira Nagai points to a spot on the map showing the quake centre during a news conference in Tokyo February 12, 2013. Seismic activities detected at around 0300 GMT in North Korea may be the result of a nuclear test, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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Posted: 2/12/2013 7:08:01 AM EST
Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Akira Nagai points to a spot on the map showing the quake centre during a news conference in Tokyo February 12, 2013. Seismic activities detected at around 0300 GMT in North Korea may be the result of a nuclear test, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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Posted: 2/12/2013 12:42:34 AM EST
Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Akira Nagai points to a spot on the map showing the quake centre during a news conference in Tokyo February 12, 2013. Seismic activities detected at around 0300 GMT in North Korea may be the result of a nuclear test, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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Posted: 2/12/2013 12:42:34 AM EST
Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Akira Nagai points to a spot on the map showing the quake centre during a news conference in Tokyo February 12, 2013. Seismic activities detected at around 0300 GMT in North Korea may be the result of a nuclear test, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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Posted: 2/7/2013 11:28:23 PM EST
This Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013 photo provided by World Vision shows a damaged area of Venga village after tsunami hit Temotu province, Solomon Islands. The damage seen is part of a survey by the assessment crew of the aid organization World Vision. A strong aftershock rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific nation's Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo to forgo a visit to the stricken area where nine deaths have been confirmed. (AP Photo/World Vision)
