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A muddied family photograph sits on a hallway stairwell in an apartment block on March 17, 2011 in Kensennuma, Japan. Residents were allowed back to their homes today and began the massive cleanup operation caused by a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake that struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll has risen past 5000 with at least 8600 people still missing. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll continues to rise and could well reach 10,000 in a tragedy not seen since World War II in Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Service station attendants usher in cars for gas at a Shell service station after the earthquake and tsunami on March 16, 2011 in Aomori, Japan. Many gas stations are closed and have completely run out of supplies causing long lines with many people forced to wait hours for only 2000 yen worth of gas. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A woman waits to have her tank refilled by service station attendants at a Shell service station after the earthquake and tsunami on March 16, 2011 in Aomori, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A woman sifts through the rubble of her home on March 17, 2011 in Kensennuma, Japan. Residents were allowed back to their homes today and began the massive cleanup operation caused by a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake that struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A man looks through messages posted on the missing boards at the Kensennuma city hall on March 17, 2011 in Kensennuma, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A man walks through water as he surveys the damage on March 17, 2011 in Kensennuma, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
In this handout provided by the US Navy, Sailors move food and water onto an HH-60H Sea Hawk assigned to the Black Knights of Anti- Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) on March 15, 2011 at sea in the Western Pacific Ocean. Ronald Reagan is off the coastline of Japan to provide disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to Japan as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. The death toll continues to rise as Japan receives aid from the US and other countries. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter Transports humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies from the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a vertical replenishment. on March 15, 2011 at sea, in the Philippine Sea. USS Tortuga is operating in the 7th Fleet in support of Operation Tomodachi. (Photo by Casey H. Kyhl/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Chief Naval Air Crewman Steven Sinclair, assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4, embarked on board the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), waves good-bye to Japanese citizens after delivering humanitarian assistance supplies on March 15, 2011 in Wakuya, Japan. (Photo by Kevin B. Gray/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Dante Galati directs members of USS Tortugas (LSD 46) Deck Department to safely load a Japanese armored truck onto the flight deck on March 15, 2011 at sea near Tomakomai, Japan. (Photo by Lt. K. Madison Carter/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Deck Department Sailors aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) guide a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force truck carrying relief supplies into the well deck on March 16, 2011 at sea near Tomakomai, Japan. (Photo by Scott Bourque/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
A wave of water crashes over the stern gate of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) as the ship prepares to receive several Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicles on March 16, 2011 at sea near Tomakomai, Japan. (Photo by Scott Bourque/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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