In Yamamoto, on April 8, a Buddhist monk chants for unidentified victims of the March 11 earthquake. 

A lone house remains standing in the flood plain of Schichighama Town.

An abandoned uniform swings in the wind amidst the debris of the tsunami-devastated area of Ishinomaki.

A homeless dog wanders the streets of the exclusion zone in Futuba Town, approximately five km away from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.

Nineteen km from Fukushima , a restaurant kitchen in the town of Odaka remains as it was left on the afternoon of March 11when the 9.0 earthquake hit.

74-year-old Kiyoi Oikawa collects water from a well to wash her clothes amidst the debris of her devastated home in Minamisanriku. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan spoke at a press conference today, assuring citizens that the Fukushima plant is stabilizing and that the amount of radiation released is lowering.

A debris field within the exclusion zone, 5 km from Fukushima.

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