Workers construct temporary housing units for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, on April 27, 2011
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A new student waits for his parents after a entrance ceremony at Kamaishi elementary school in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, April 20, 2011
A man walks past burning debris in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture, on April 23, 2011
This combination photo shows a sequence of images (left to right, top to bottom) of the March 11 earthquake-triggered tsunami sweeping away aircraft and vehicles as it hit Sendai airport
The high-water mark from the March 11 tsunami is visible on a wall and clock in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on April 16, 2011
Cherry blossoms cover a tree among tsunami wreckage in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on April 18, 2011
A crow flies across a road at Otsu port, in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan on March 23, 2011
Heavy machinery is used to remove remains from destroyed houses after the earthquake and tsunami near Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, March 22, 2011
Ryo Taira (right) and an unidentified man lift a young porpoise out of a flooded rice field after it was swept there by the earlier tsunami in Sendai, Japan, on March 22, 2011