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The Tohoku Expressway near Chojagahara, Japan, is nearly deserted on Thursday, March 17, 2011, as such roads are closed, to all but emergency and other essential traffic. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A man walks along a Kesennuma, Japan, harbor road on Thursday, March 17, 2011, where the tsunami deposited a large ship on the dock in the aftermath of last week's earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A Japanese woman waits to pay the cashier at a store in Ishinoseki, Japan, on Thursday, March 17, 2011, amid nearly-bare shelves as food, fuel and other shortages plague the country in the aftermath of last week's earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Kesennuma, Japan's harbor was destroyed, the town burned and the tsunami deposited a large ship on the dock in the aftermath of last last week's earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Government officials walk down a recently-cleared roadway on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Kesennuma, Japan, where the earthquake-spawned tsunami caused a massive fuel spill and fire further consuming the Japanese coastal town, famous for its tuna fishing fleet. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Japanese soldiers sift through debris in the coastal town of Minami-Sanriku, as they search for victims Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Two bodies lie covered in the rubble of a classroom in the town of Minami-Sanriku, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Seaweed and fishing lines are strung up to the second floor on the only remaining building in Minami-Sanriku, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Searchers sift through debris in the coastal town of Minami-Sanriku, as they search for victims Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A search crew is seen in the coastal town of Minami-Sanriku, as they search for victims Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Japanese soldiers sift through debris in the coastal town of Minami-Sanriku, as they search for victims Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A spoiled photo album lies in the mud near the home of the Otomo family in Sendai, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Junichi Otomo, 43, right, and his daughter Yui Otomo, 11, stand in front of their home in Natori, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. They returned to the flattened home for the first time since the earthquake and barely recognized the neighborhood where the family has lived for decades. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A Japanese woman looks over notes left by survivors at Natori city hall where victim assistance has been set up in Natori, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese have been displaced as a result of the 8.9 earthquake last week. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Ruins from the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan can be seen in the Sendai neighborhood, Monday, March 14, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Norika Otoloague, 41, right, and her daughter Yui, assess the damage done to the neighborhood in Sendai, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Some residents start to pick though the remains of their homes, Monday, March 14, 2011, in the city of Sendai, which was completely destroyed by the powerful earthquake, and tsunami that struck Japan. Here, a women helps her mother get a few belongings out of the family home, as search and rescue teams continue to look for bodies in the rubble. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A young woman sits in a darkened hallway while her electronic devices charge at Natori city hall where victim assistance has been set up in Natori, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese have been displaced as a result of the 8.9 earthquake last week. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Japanese pour over records of survivors at the Natori city hall where victim assistance has been set up in Natori, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A man wanders through the debris of the destroyed Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, that was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Governmet workers uncover the bodies of two people who died, and whose bodies were recovered, in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, that was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Men stand guard at an evacuation center, keeping warm by a fire, in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, that was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Evacuees from the Sendai, Japan, area stay at a school, where there is very little food available on Sunday, March 13, 2011. The area was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A man surveys the debris in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, which was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Aid workers carry a victim to a van in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, an area that was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Japanese soldiers patrol in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, which was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A man posts a note on a communications board at an assistance center in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, an area that was hit hard by the tsunami in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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