Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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Broken windows are seen following Thursday's earthquake in Sendai, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011​

 

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A police officer directs traffic following Thursday's earthquake in Sendai, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011.

Traffic jams are seen as the traffic lights were turned out due to a blackout following a big aftershock in Sendai, northern Japan early Friday, April 8, 2011​

 

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A police officer directs traffic as traffic lights were turned out due to a blackout following a big aftershock in Sendai, northern Japan early Friday, April 8, 2011.​

 

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A fisherman drives his boat to a port in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011.​

 

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A Japanese woman rides a bicycle near the damaged fishermen boat at a port in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.​

 

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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.​

 

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Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for victims in Minami Soma inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan.​

 

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Police officers wearing radiation protection suits search for victims in Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 km radius near the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this photo taken by Mainichi Shimbun April 7, 2011. Japan's neighbours sounded increasingly alarmed over the risk of radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, while figures showed the number of foreign visitors to the country had slumped during what should be the peak tourist season.​

 

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Rolls of paper from the Nippon Paper Company are seen destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, northern Japan April 7, 2011​

 

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Japan's Fukushima police officers, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for victims in 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.

Japan's Fukushima police officers, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, carry a victim in a tarp in 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.​

 

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Sumo wrestlers eat a meal using vegetables grown in Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures at the Isenoumi Stable in Tokyo Thursday, April 7, 2011. The stable supports farmers in the prefectures having problem in selling their farm products which are approved safe to eat by the government's radiation test but tend to be left unsold because of rumors that they are contaminated by radiation leaked by the tsunami-ravaged nuclear power station in Fukushima.​

 

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A Bangkok government officer checks the level of radiation on fruits imported form Japan at a supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, April 7, 2011.​

 

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Since the March 11 earthquake and the resulting damage to Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, people throughout Asia have become increasingly concerned about radiation.​

 

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, center left, and Empress Michiko, center right, wave as they arrive at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.​

 

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Japanese Emperor Akihito (rear L) and Empress Michiko (rear R) enter a gym being used as a temporary shelter to meet with evacuees from Futaba town, Fukushima prefecture, in Kazo, Saitama prefecture on April 8, 2011. A total of 1,412 Futaba residents are currently staying at the former high school building.​

 

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Japan Self-Defense Force members pay their respect to unidentified earthquake victims in vehicles during a mess funeral on April 8, 2011 in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.​

 

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Japan Self-Defense Force members carry the coffin of an unidentified earthquake victim during a mass funeral on April 8, 2011 in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.​

 

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A Buddhist monk chants for unidentified earthquake victims during a mass funeral on April 8, 2011 in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.​

 

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Workers operate backhoes on a burial site for unidentified earthquake victims on April 8, 2011 in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.​