Triple tragedy for Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 11: People look at the smoke rising over the skyline after the earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. A magnitude 8.9 strong earthquake hit the northeast coast of Japan causing Tsunami alerts throughout countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by XINHUA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

epa02634889 Picture released 15 March 2011 shows waves overwhelm a levee, swallowing a seaside village near the mouth of Hei River, Japan, 11 March 2011 after a tsunami and an earthquake hit Japan 11 March 2011. The face of Japan has changed almost beyond recognition, as the impact of the devastating quake and tsunami is felt across the country. EPA/Mainichi Newspaper JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES EPA/AFLO/Mainichi Newspaper JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Hotel employees squat down in horror at the hotel's entrance in Tokyo after a strong earthquake hit Japan Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Waves of tsunami hit residences after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA

Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. REUTERS/KYODO (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Evacuees stand around Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. REUTERS/KYODO (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Sendai Airport is swept by a tsunami after an earthquake, in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. REUTERS/KYODO (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA

Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is swept by a tsunami at Kamaishi port, Iwate prefecture which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in this photo taken on March 11, 2011 and released by Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo on April 14, 2011. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters, Kyodo news reports. Picture taken March 11, 2011. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo/Handout (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Natural gas containers burn at a facility following an earthquake in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. REUTERS/KYODO (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Container cargoes gets displaced in Sendai, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, quake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

People use a floating container to escape from floodwaters after a tsunami and earthquake in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Cars swept by a tsunami are seen after an earthquake in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. REUTERS/Yomiuri (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

A long line of residents seeking water supply is formed on the playground of a school in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

epa02631194 Japanese fire department personnel rescue Tsunami survivors from the devastated city of Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, 13 March 2011. The Japan Meterological Agency on Sunday upgraded the magnitude of the massive earthquake two days ago to nine from 8.8. More than 650 people lost their lives and 390,000 people sought refuge in shelters. EPA/STR JAPAN OUT

A Japanese home is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean, in this photograph taken on March 13, 2011 and released on March 14. Ships and aircrafts from the U.S. Navy's Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are searching for survivors in the coastal waters near Sendai, Japan, in the wake of 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that officials say claimed at least 10,000 lives. REUTERS/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord/Handout (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. Picture taken March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Asahi Shimbun (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

An \"SOS\" signal is written on the sports field of a high school after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011. Strong aftershocks continued to shake Japan's main island as the desperate search pressed on for survivors from Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. State broadcaster NHK said more than 10,000 people may have been killed as the wall of water hit, reducing whole towns to rubble. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

A dead man lies on the stairs of a destroyed house in Sendai, northeastern Japan on March 13, two days after the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the area.

Picture released by the Japanese Defence Agency on March, 13 2011 showing sixty-year-old survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa (R) as crew members of Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) Aegis vessel Choukai sail to rescue him, about 15km, (9.3 miles) off Fukushima prefecture. The Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer rescued 60-year-old Hiromitsu Shinkawa after discovering him floating on a piece of roof in waters off Fukushima Prefecture, two days after the disaster struck. The man, from the city of Minamisoma which has been virtually obliterated, was swept out along with his house after the massive tsunami tore into Japan's northeast following a 8.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday. AFP PHOTO / JAPANESE DEFENCE FORCES via JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

People walk along a flooded street in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

A one-year-old boy is re-checked for radiation exposure after being decontaminated in Nihonmatsu, Fukushiima, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Asahi Shimbun, Toru Nakata) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREIDT, NO SALES

Officers look at a Mitsubishi F-2 fighter aircraft of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force which was swept by the tsunami into a building at Matsushima base in Higashimatsushima, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN

Japanese rescue team members carry the body of a man from the village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday 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. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A woman (2nd R) reunites with her relatives at a shelter for the first time after an earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER)

A Japanese survivor of the earthquake and tsunami rides his bicycle through the leveled city of Minamisanriku, in northeastern Japan, Tuesday March 15, 2011.

Tsunami survivors cook and eat in front of their damaged house Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture (state) after the area was badly damaged by Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Vehicle headlamps illuminate the disaster area of Yamada town in Iwate prefecture on March 16, 2011. The official toll of the dead and missing following a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast has topped 11,000, with 3,676 confirmed dead. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Evacuees carry bowls of pork soup from a soup kitchen back to their makeshift shelter in Minamisanriku, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011, after Friday's earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Refugees, including 53 who were saved from a retirement home during the tsunami, take shelter inside a school gym in the leveled city of Kesennuma, in northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 17, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Members of Japan Self-Defense Force pray for the body of a tsunami victim wrapped in a tarp in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Tomoko Yagi holds fire extinguishers as she cleans her house among the ruins of the destroyed residential part of Kamaishi, more than a week after the town was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami relay boxes of relief supplies arriving at their evacuation center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Kunihiko Miura) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

A boat sits atop a building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, March 22, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which devastated a vast area of northeastern Pacific coast of Japan. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

In this March 22, 2011 photo, Manami Kon, using Japanese \"hiragana\" characters she just learned, writes a letter for her mother who's still missing after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the devastated city of Miyako, northeastern Japan. The 4-year-old Manami wrote, \"Dear Mommy. I hope you're alive. Are you okay?\" It took about an hour for her to finish it. Twenty days after the disaster that hit Japan's northeastern coast, her parents and a sister were still unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Norikazu Tateishi) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

In this photo released by Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers collect data in the control room for Unit 1 and Unit 2 at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa02660902 A handout picture provided by Air Photo Service on 30 March 2011 shows an aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone of the damaged units of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Futaba district, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 24 March 2011. TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata announced on 30 March it will be more than a few weeks to fix the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. EPA/AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Two residents exchange words as they are reunited two weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in a makeshift public bath set up outside a shelter by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

A Japanese funeral parlor worker shovels dirt on to coffins containing victims of the march 11 earthquake and tsunami during a mass funeral in Yamamoto, northeastern Japan Saturday, March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A pine tree stands amid the tsunami devastated area in Rikuzentakaka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 27, 2011. It was the only one among several tens of thousands of other pine trees forming \"Takata Matsubara\", or Takata seaside pine forest, which remained after the March 11 tsunami washed away all the others, local media said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

A woman, whose house was washed away, emotionally talks as debris scatter around Shinhamacyo area in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan on March 29, 2011after massive earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan. More than 10,000 were killed and more than 17,000 are still missing by the disaster hit on March 11. Photo by Kuni Takahashi

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2ND-L) talk with evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Tokyo Budoh-kan, a shelter acting as an evacuation center on March 30, 2011. Emperor and Empress visited the shelter to encourage the 300 evacuees mainly from Fukushima Prefecture staying there. AFP PHOTO / POOL (Photo credit should read ISSEI KATO/AFP/Getty Images)

Tokyo Electric Power Co., (TEPCO) Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, center, Vice President Takashi Fujimoto, second from left, Sakae Muto, second from right, and others bow before a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. The president of the utility that owns Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear complex was hospitalized with hypertension as setbacks mounted at the plant, where experts Wednesday logged the highest radiation yet in nearby seawater. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

A man rides a bicycle in between the ships that were washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

An elderly woman (L) waves to her grandchildren before a mass evacuation in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, on April 3, 2011. The tsunami-hit Japanese port town where more than half the population are now homeless started a mass evacuation on April 3 of some 1,100 people to shelters elsewhere. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)