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A whirlpool is seen near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo) #


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Fires burn in the port area of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture following an earthquake in northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO) #


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Houses burn at night following an earthquake in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO) #


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Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011 after a massive earthquake rocked Japan. (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Residents check the damage done to a road and house in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture, in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. (FUKUSHIMA MINPO/AFP/Getty Images) #


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An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) #


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This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) #


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An earthquake-triggered tsunami washes away a warehouse and vehicles in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday March 11, 2011. The ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coasts. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Keiichi Nakane) #


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Fishing boats and vehicles are carried by a tsunami wave at Onahama port in Iwaki city, in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011. (FUKUSHIMA MINPO/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Buildings burn following an earthquake in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/YOMIURI) #


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Houses lie flattened after a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo) #


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A light aircraft and vehicles swept by the tsunami are seen in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Yomiuri) #


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A factory facility burns following an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo) #


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A large number of cars swept by a tsunami following an earthquake are seen in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo) #


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Buildings swept by a tsunami following an earthquake are seen in Miyagi Prefecture March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo) #


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A man looks at a fishing boat swept by a tsunami at a port in Oarai town, northeast of Tokyo March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao) #