Japanese evacuees from the towns inside the nuclear exclusion zone bow as Shinto priests hold a memorial ceremony in the abandoned and irradiated town of Namie town, Fukushima prefecture, on Sunday February 19, 2012
Japan Earthquake: One Year Later
A worker from a power company looks out over a tsunami-affected area as he takes a break from dismantling power lines damaged by last year's tsunami, on March 2, 2012 in the Yuriage area of Natori, Japan
A man walks past a damaged fish oil tank painted to resemble a can of whale meat in Ishinomaki, on March 9, 2012
The tsunami-hit isolated island, well known for more than 80 stray cats who local residents said survived the disaster, is on the way to recovery using the cats as tourist resources
Photographer Kenichi Funada (left) shows Tsugiko Miyajima her portrait on his iPad after taking part in the 3.11 Portrait Project at the Midorigaoka temporary shelter in Koriyama, on December 17, 2011
Photographer Kenichi Funada takes a portrait of Katsuko Abe with her pet dog Kaede as part of the 3.11 Portrait Project at the Midorigaoka temporary shelter in Koriyama, on December 17, 2011
Carpenters build a house in a neighborhood destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, on March 9, 2012, two days before the one-year anniversary of the disaster
65 year old Kikuko Abe laughs while sitting with friends (unseen) as her grandchildren, 8 year old Iroha Kodama and 15 year old Naiki Kodama, play with handheld video games in a temporary community center in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 2, 2012
Volunteers (yellow bibs) assist workers as they slice and pack mekabu (seaweed root) at a temporary processing yard, setup on the Minamisanriku harbor on March 8, 2012 in Minamisanriku