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Mrs. Obara (first name withheld upon request) returns to where her home once stood to look for a memento of her son, who is missing, in Yuriage, Japan, on March 16. He had run back home to rescue their dog after the tsunami alert. Erico Waga/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
People in Sendai city, Japan, are not restricted in their food purchases. However, they are aware of food shortages. 'I cannot buy a lot. I should think of others living in shelters,' said Mr.Takahashi (pictured on March 17). 'This amount of vegetables will be enough for me and my wife for a couple of days.' Erico Waga/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
Reiko Miura cries as she looks for her sister's son in Otsuchi, Japan, on March 16, five days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. Itsuo Inouye/AP
Tsunami survivors cook and eat in front of their damaged house in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 15. Kyodo News/AP
Braving falling snow, residents return to their evacuation shelter in Natori, Japan, on March 16. Kyodo News/AP
A survivor looks through messages and names displayed in a collective center for evacuees in the tsunami-hit Otsuchi, Japan on March 15. In the fishermen's town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following a massive earthquake and tsunami. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
A survivor carries food found in a destroyed supermarket in the devastated residential area of Otsuchi on March 15. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
A survivor of the tsunami that swept through his village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, retells the story to a rescue team that arrived to search the area on March 14. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear, and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands. David Guttenfelder/AP
A Japanese earthquake and tsunami survivor walks alone on a road past the destroyed village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, on March 14. David Guttenfelder/AP
A tsunami survivor sits down in the rubble in Yamadamachi in Iwate Prefecture on March 14, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's northeast coast. Takashi Ozaki/The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
A survivor pushes his bicycle through remains of the devastated town of Otsuchi on March 14. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Tsunami survivor Atsushi Shishido sits where tsunami waters destroyed homes and killed neighbors, though he rescued his grandmother in Friday's massive earthquake, on March 14, in the coastal region of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Wally Santana/AP
Survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa (c.), who was swept out to sea by a tsunami, is rescued by crew members of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Aegis vessell Choukai about 9.3 miles off Fukushima prefecture, March 13. The crew of the JMSDF vessel found Hiromatsu clinging to the roof of his house, two days after a tsunami caused by a massive earthquake swept him out to sea. Japan Maritime/Reuters
A woman looks for her father-in-law's 'ihai' spirit tablet, a placard to designate his seat in a house, in Ofunato, Japan, on March 14, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. Masamichi Genko/The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
A survivor looks at a board showing names of other survivors at a shelter in a village ruined by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Japan, on March 13. Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
A survivor weeps as she looks at a board showing the names of other survivors at a shelter in a village devastated by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Japan, on March 13. Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
A survivor covers his head and weeps at a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Japan, on March 13. Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
A family rests in a shelter in Soma City, Japan, on March 14, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast coast. On top of the losses of family and friends along with property, evacuees in the area are now faced with the fears of radiation contamination from damaged nuclear facilities nearby. Wally Santana/AP
A woman is embraced by her daughter at an evacuation center in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Japan, on March 14. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
Evacuees rest in a shelter in Soma City, Japan, on March 14. Wally Santana/AP
A man holds his dog as they are scanned for levels of radiation in Koriyama, Japan, on March 13. The earthquake and tsunami on March 11 damaged two nuclear reactors at a power plant in the area, and at least two of them appeared to be going through a partial meltdown, raising fears of a radiation leak. Mark Baker/AP
A woman holds a cat at an evacuation center in Kawamatamachi, Japan, on March 13. Kazuki Wakasugi/The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
An evacuee looks on at an evacuation center in Kawamata, Japan, on March 13. Japan's nuclear crisis intensified as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated the northeastern coast, where fears spread over possible radioactive contamination. Kyodo News/AP
A baby survivor is fed milk by a member of Japanese Red Cross's national disaster response team at the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 12. Toshiharu Kato/Japanese Red Cross Society/AP
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