Earthquake in Pacific Batters Japan, Triggers Tsunami, Nuclear Disaster [PHOTOS]

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

A branch of a cherry blossom tree in full bllom is pictured against a view of the tsunami-devastated town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on April 24, 2011. Nearly 25,000 Japanese troops will start a massive new search for bodies along the Pacific coast where some 12,000 people are still missing after the earthquake and tsunami, the military said. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

TOPSHOTS US and Japanese soldiers prepare to clear debris left by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from the tracks around Rikuzenono Station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 24, 2011. Some 60 US and 30 Japanese soldiers took part in the clean up "Operation Soul Train." AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

A protester wearing a gas mask takes part in an anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo Sunday, April 24, 2011. Recovery efforts have been complicated by the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which lost its power and cooling systems in the earthquake and tsunami, triggering fires, explosions and radiation leaks in the world's second-worst nuclear accident. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

A wooden cross stands tall among the rubble at a place where a church once stood at Kesennuma, a port town smashed by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in northeastern Japan, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Police officers try to pull a submerged vehicle at Otsuchi, a town smashed by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in northeastern Japan, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Japanese soldiers search a stream for survovors at Minami Soma, northeastern Japan, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Police officers from Kanagawa prefecture search for sill missing people among toppled gravestones at a graveyard smashed by a March 11 earthquake at Soma, northeastern Japan, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Resident Mitsuo Tsukiura prays for his ancestors in front of the toppled gravestone at a graveyard in Ishinomaki, a port town smashed by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Resident Mitsuo Tsukiura prays for his ancestors in front of the toppled gravestone at a graveyard in Ishinomaki, a port town smashed by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

US and Japanese soldiers prepare to clear debris left by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from the tracks around Rikuzenono Station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 24, 2011. Some 60 US and 30 Japanese soldiers took part in the clean up "Operation Soul Train." AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami