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A fishing boat washed ashore by the March
11, 2011 tsunami sits in a deserted port area in Kesennuma, Miyagi
prefecture, northeastern Japan, at dawn on Monday, March 11, 2013. Japan
is marking the second anniversary of its earthquake, tsunami and
nuclear catastrophe. Memorial services are planned Monday in Tokyo and
in barren towns along the battered northeastern coast to coincide the
moment the magnitude-9.0 earthquake Û the strongest recorded in Japan's
history Û struck, unleashing a massive tsunami that killed nearly 19,000
people. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)
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An artificially-restored "miracle pine
tree," that survived the March 11, 2011 tsunami, is silhouetted against
the rising sun in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, Japan, Monday, March
11, 2013. Japan marked the second anniversary of its earthquake, tsunami
and nuclear catastrophe, that killed nearly 19, 000 people in areas
along Japan's northeastern coast. The 27-meter (88-foot and 7-inch)-tall
tree, a single survivor among 70,000 trees in a forest along the coast,
has just been restored in a project to preserve it. (AP Photo/Kyodo
News)
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People offer prayers in front of a memorial
cenotaph for tsunami victims on a beach in Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi
Prefecture, Japan, Monday morning, March 11, 2013. Japan marked the
second anniversary of its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe,
that killed nearly 19, 000 people in areas along Japan's northeastern
coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Police officers search for the remains of
those who went missing in the March 11, 2011 tsunami on the coastline in
Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013.
The two-year anniversary Monday of Japan's devastating earthquake,
tsunami and nuclear catastrophe is serving to spotlight the stakes of
the country's struggles to clean up radiation, rebuild lost communities
and determine new energy and economic strategies.(AP Photo/Shizuo
Kambayashi)
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Buddhist monks chant sutras in front of the
main gate of Okawa Elementary School where 74 of the 108 students went
missing after the March 11 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture,
Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. Japan is marking the second anniversary
of its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe. Memorial services
are planned Monday in Tokyo and in barren towns along the battered
northeastern coast to coincide the moment the magnitude-9.0 earthquake Û
the strongest recorded in Japan's history Û struck, unleashing a
massive tsunami that killed nearly 19,000 people. (AP Photo/Shizuo
Kambayashi)
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Gathering around what is left of a disaster
control center devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami,
people bow their heads Monday, March 11, 2013 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi
prefecture, Japan, in a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. when the
magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast. Japan
marked the second anniversary on Monday of a devastating disasters that
left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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A woman prays during a rally against
nuclear power plants as victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and
tsunami are remembered, at a park in Tokyo, Monday, March 11, 2013.
Japan marked the second anniversary on Monday of the devastating
earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing.
(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows in
front of the altar during the national memorial service for the victims
of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo, Monday, March 11,
2013. Japan marked the second anniversary on Monday of the disaster
that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and more than 300,000
people still displaced. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, Pool)
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A man points to the name of one of the
victims of the earthquake and tsunami inscribed in a cenotaph in Okawa
district in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March
11, 2013. Japan marked the second anniversary on Monday of a
devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead
or missing. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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A worker walks behind a white plastic plate
cutout of the words of a local businessperson, declaring determination
to reopen the business, in a tsunami-stricken area in Minamisanriku,
Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. Japan marked
the second anniversary on Monday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami
that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing. The words mean; I will
restart my business from zero like my ancestor. (AP Photo/Shizuo
Kambayashi)
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Red and white cranes stand by reactors of
the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima
Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. The two-year
anniversary Monday of Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and
nuclear catastrophe is serving to spotlight the stakes of the country's
struggles to clean up radiation, rebuild lost communities and determine
new energy and economic strategies. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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A woman lights candles during an event for
the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a park in
Tokyo, Monday, March 11, 2013. Japan marked the second anniversary on
Monday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000
people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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