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Devastation in Japan Incomprehensible

A bus sits atop a building following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasufumi Nagao) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

A bus sits atop a building following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasufumi Nagao) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

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  • Big fishing boats are left washed ashore after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Kaname Muto) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Destroyed vehicles are placed next to a runway, partly shown at left, for disposal at Sendai airport, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hitomi Sadasue) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A bus sits atop a building following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasufumi Nagao) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Self-Defense Force members work on a recovery operation in an devastated area in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Masataka Morita) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A sightseeing boat washed away by the March 11 tsunami sits on a ruined building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • A local resident walks down a main street strewn with tsunami debris, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Soma sits in the shadow of Fukushima Dai-ichi, a crippled nuclear facility that was badly damaged by the tsunami and has been spewing radioactivity into the air and sea, forcing tens of thousands to flee or hunker down indoors. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
  • Members of Japan's Self Defense Force conduct recovery operation in the March 11 earthquake and tsunani-hit area in Shizugawa, Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
  • A man breaks in tears near the rubble of a school in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan on Thursday March 24, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • A man walks through the devastation in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • Vehicles line up for refuel as a gas station resumed the business in Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Ichiro Ohara) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • The harbor of Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, sits lifeless and strewn with tsunami debris, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Soma sits in the shadow of Fukushima Dai-ichi, a crippled nuclear facility that was badly damaged by the tsunami and has been spewing radioactivity into the air and sea, forcing tens of thousands to flee or hunker down indoors. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
  • A survivor walks along streets in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24 2011, after an powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the area about two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
  • A survivor moves past tsunami-hit tide wall in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Shizugawa, Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The letters on the wall reads: Blue ocean, let's keep and care with unified effort. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
  • A member of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force walks on a street in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24 2011, after a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 11. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • A ship is left washed ashore following the March 23, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in a pier at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Satoshi Oga) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A survivor rides a bicycle along a street in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24 2011, after a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 11. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • A survivor rides a bicycle along streets in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24 2011, after an powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the area about two weeks ago.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • A person walks under snow through the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stricken town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Tetsuya Kikumasa) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A family album is seen amid the debris in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • Seagulls fly over the earthquake and tsunami-devastated houses in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
  • A worker examines a pile of destroyed vehicles initially gathered for export at Sendai Port, Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011. The cars, which were waiting to be exported, were washed away from their parking area by the March 11 tsunami. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A survivor walks along streets in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24 2011, after an powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the area about two weeks ago.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • Police officers walk around during a search and rescue operation in the earthquake and tsunami-devastated city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
  • Yoshito Goto, left, and his wife Toshiko clean up their home damaged by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A resident walks between the rubble caused by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • People look at fishing boats stranded by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • People search for the wreckage of their home washed away by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A woman takes a rest in the place where her home had been before the March 11 tsunami washed it away at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A survivor makes her way through the rubble of houses in the devastated city of Kesennuma, northeastern Japan on Wednesday March 23, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • Destroyed vehicles are placed next to a runway for disposal at Sendai airport, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hitomi Sadasue) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Japanese schoolchildren escorted by their parents make their way through the rubble for a school where there will be an open air class in the devastated city of Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan on Thursday March 24, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • Japanese soldiers make their way through the rubble in search of survivors in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan on Thursday March 24, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • Vehicles line up for refuel as a gas station resumed the business in Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 24, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Ichiro Ohara) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A delivery truck loaded with emergency material aid runs through debris on its way to an evacuation center in Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima nuclear complex. Delivery services companies has resumed its services in devastated areas. (AP Photo/Asahi Shimbun, Shogo Koshida) JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Members of Japan's Self Defense Force conduct recovery operation in the March 11 earthquake and tsunani-hit area in Shizugawa, Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
  • Japan Air Self-Defense Force's members search for missing persons through debris in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed town of Yamada, northern Japan Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
  • A resident walks between the rubble caused by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • Tokiko Takada, left, and her granddaughter Mai search through the rubble of their home destroyed by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • Retiree Hidekatsu Sato recalls the tsunami wave as it washed through his village, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Soma sits in the shadow of Fukushima Dai-ichi, a crippled nuclear facility that was badly damaged by the tsunami and has been spewing radioactivity into the air and sea, forcing tens of thousands to flee or hunker down indoors. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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