Black smoke raises from a building in Tokyo's waterfront Daiba in Tokyo on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns.(credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
An aerial shot shows a ship sitting on the ground in the port of Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011 after a tsunami tidal wave hit following a a large earthquake. A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011 after a massive earthquake rocked Japan. massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11, unleashing a monster 10-metre high tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Broken China wares are scattered on the floor at a porcelain shop following a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Tokyo on March 11, 2011. The huge earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed road at a carpark in Yabuki, in southern Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011 after an earthquake rocked Japan. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan unleashing a monster 10-metre high tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: Darren Gubbins/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Photo shows the remains of a supermarket in Yabuki, in southern Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011 after an earthquake rocked Japan. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan unleashing a monster 10-metre high tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: Darren Gubbins/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Vehicles rest on a damaged road at a carpark in Yabuki, in southern Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011 after an earthquake rocked Japan. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan unleashing a monster 10-metre high tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: Darren Gubbins/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
An aerial view shows debris that remained on the ground after a tsunami wave to have hit Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
A picture shows an office in disarray after tremors from a massive off-shore earthquake shook the building and knocked over a row of cabinets in Tokyo on March 11, 2011. One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Japan on March 11, unleashing a 10-metre high tsunami that tossed ships inland and sparked fears that destructive waves could hit across the Pacific Ocean. (credit: HIROKI 'DUKE' KOBAYASHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Water from the massive tsunami remain on the street of Hakodate city in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Black smoke rises from an oil industrial complex caused by the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Ichihara city, Chiba prefecture on March 11, 2011. The earthquake shook Japan, unleashing powerful tsunamis that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Residents check the damage done to a road a house in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture, in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: FUKUSHIMA MINPO/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
A shop owner chats with a neighbour as the pedestrian road has collapsed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture on March 11, 2011. The earthquake shook Japan, unleashing powerful tsunamis that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
Local residents watch the devastation provoked by a tsunami tidal wave smashing vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
This aerial shot shows houses in flame after being hit by a tsunami at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
This aerial shot shows houses in flame after being hit by a tsunami at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
A tsunami tidal wave smashes vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A factory building has collapsed in Suka
A factory building has collapsed in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture, in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: FUKUSHIMA MINPO/AFP/Getty Images)
Magnitude-8.9 Quake Hits Japan
A pedestrian road has collapsed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture on March 11, 2011. The earthquake shook Japan, unleashing powerful tsunamis that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
Injured are treated by rescue workers at the Kudan hall in Tokyo on March 11, 2011 after the ceiling of the hall collapsed following a huge earthquake. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
People stand outside a building following a huge 8.8 magnitude quake to hit Japan in Tokyo on March 11, 2011. The huge earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (credit: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
Photo shows the remains of a supermarket in Yabuki, in southern Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011 after an earthquake rocked Japan. (credit: Darren Gubbins/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
This aerial shot shows boats being carried away at a flooded marina in Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011 after a tsunami hit following an earthquake. (credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
People continue to work in an office after tremors from a massive off-shore earthquake shook the building and knocked over a row of cabinets in Tokyo on March 11, 2011. One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Japan on March 11, unleashing a 23-foot high tsunami that tossed ships inland and sparked fears that destructive waves could hit across the Pacific Ocean. (credit: HIROKI 'DUKE' KOBAYASHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
Waves gently surge against the shoreline of evacuated Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii March 11, 2011. (credit: Lucy Pemoni/Getty Images)
Disaster In Japan
Will Rogers State Beach is virtually deserted as authorities keep people away from the water as a precaution against a possible tsunami in the wake of a massive earthquake in Japan, on March 11, 2011 in Pacific Palisades, California. (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)
Japan Earthquake Aftermath
A Self Defence soldier smiles as he holds a four-month-old baby who survived the recent tsunami with her family on March 14, 2011. (credit: YOMIURI SHIMBUN/AFP/Getty Images)