Members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force carry the coffin of a victim of the earthquake and tsunami at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima on March 23, 2011
Japan Self-Defense Forces
Heavy snow falls as members of the Japan Self-Defense Force arrive at the devastated residential area in Otsuchi March 16, 2011
A Japan Self-Defense Force officer retrieves a photo album from the ruins of the devastated residential area of Otsuchi as heavy snow falls March 16, 2011
Self-Defense Force officers search for missing people after a tsunami and earthquake in Rikuzentakatashi City in Iwate Prefecture, March 12, 2011
Japanese soldiers sift through debris in the coastal town
A Japanese Self Defense Force solders prays during a snowfall before removing the body of a tsunami victim
Japanese soldiers pray for victims found in debris
A group of women head for a makeshift hot bath set up by Japan's Self-Defense Forces personel in the tsunami-stricken city of Kamaishi