Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces help people get through flooded areas by boat.
aftermath
Vehicles sit in a huge pile after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami.
Rescue workers look for missing people in houses destroyed by waves generated by the tsunami.
Smoke rises from fishing boats.
A car swept by waves rests precariously.
Fires smolder in the badly damaged town.
An official in protective gear scans for signs of radiation on a man who is from the evacuation area near the Daini nuclear plant.