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MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Mihaya Sato, 15, from Minamisanriku cries on the shoulder of her friend after the first graduation ceremony since last years earthquake and tsunami which ravaged the North East coast including the town of Minamisanriku where the Shizukawa Junior High School is located on March 10, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As the one year anniversary approaches, the areas most affected by last year's March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that left 15,848 dead and 3,305 missing according to Japan's National Police Agency continue to struggle. Thousands of people still remain without homes living in temporary dwellings. The Japanese government faces an uphill battle with the need to dispose of rubble as it works to rebuild economies and livelihoods. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)

MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Mihaya Sato, 15, from Minamisanriku cries on the shoulder of her friend after the first graduation ceremony since last years earthquake and tsunami which ravaged the North East coast including the town of Minamisanriku where the Shizukawa Junior High School is located on March 10, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As the one year anniversary approaches, the areas most affected by last year's March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that left 15,848 dead and 3,305 missing according to Japan's National Police Agency continue to struggle. Thousands of people still remain without homes living in temporary dwellings. The Japanese government faces an uphill battle with the need to dispose of rubble as it works to rebuild economies and livelihoods. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)
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Sayoko Shiroishi throws a bouquet of flowers into the ocean to commemorate her friends who died during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the second anniversary of the event at a coast damaged by the disaster in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, March 11, 2013. Two years after a record earthquake devastated Japan's northeast, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has driven the nation's bond risk to levels from before the disaster with a plan that will add to the world's biggest debt burden. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sayoko Shiroishi throws a bouquet of flowers into the ocean to commemorate her friends who died during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the second anniversary of the event at a coast damaged by the disaster in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, March 11, 2013. Two years after a record earthquake devastated Japan's northeast, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has driven the nation's bond risk to levels from before the disaster with a plan that will add to the world's biggest debt burden. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - MARCH 19: A high school year book rests amongst rubble on March 19, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. Many people have begun to return to their homes as the search continues for thousands still missing after a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The current death toll stands at 7,197. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - MARCH 19: A high school year book rests amongst rubble on March 19, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. Many people have begun to return to their homes as the search continues for thousands still missing after a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The current death toll stands at 7,197. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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