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People queue up to buy food, drinks and daily necessities outside a supermarket in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)
Local residents walk and cycle through an area damaged by the tsunami after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. (Getty Images)
A man looks for food amid the empty shelves of a shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)
Local residents return into the restricted area to look at their quake-damaged homes in Miyagi. (AFP/Getty Images)
A damaged car is left stranded caused by the. The quake struck offshore at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. (Getty Images)
In a picture taken on March 12, 2011 burnt out vehicles, that were parked for export, are piled in disarray at a port at Tokai village in Ibaraki prefecture after a tsunami. (AFP/Getty Images)
In a picture taken on March 12, 2011 people evacuate from the flooded airport terminal building of Sendai airport with rubber boats at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture. (AFP/Getty Images)
An under-construction boat (L) sits on land next to damaged homes in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on March 12. (AFP/Getty Images)
A fishing boat rests surrounded by debrid in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on March 12, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view shows floodwater and debris around the terminal building of Sendai airport in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)
Collapsed houses and debris remain on a field in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011. More At least 613 people have been confirmed killed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan — but the government voiced fears that more than 1,000 had died. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
In a picture taken on March 12, 2011 a woman holds her granddaughter at a shelter at Natori city in Fukushima prefecture. An explosion at a reactor of the Fukushima nuclear plant triggered fears of a meltdown after a massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for (Getty Images)
Fishing boats rest piled up on debris in the northern Japanese city of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after a massive 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami hit the region (Getty Images)
People evacuate with small boats down a road flooded by the tsunami waves in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after an 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami hit the region (Getty Images)
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A soldier carries an elderly man on his back to a shelter in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Rescue volunteers look for victims in debris in the town of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the region. Japan warned on March 12 that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after the record quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast, leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Rescue volunteers carry the body of a victim found in debris in the town of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the region. Japan warned on March 12 that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after the record quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast, leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Local residents look at damaged houses brought by the huge tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant Saturday after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Local residents look at a damaged house caused by a tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant Saturday after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Elderly people look at the extensive damages from the huge tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant Saturday after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Local residents look at debris brought by the huge tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead and authorities warned a meltdown may be under way at a nuclear plant Saturday after a monster tsunami devastated a swathe of northeast Japan. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima
Rescue teams begin the search for survivors in Japan, following the country’s worst recorded earthquake
Japanese supermarkets in the wake of the country’s biggest recorded earthquake
