Japan Commemorate 6 Months Anniversary Of Earthquake And Tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11: A Japanese boy prays for victims of March 11 earthquake and tsunami after offering a flower during a memorial service on September 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Japan is marking sixth months since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaging the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The current number of dead and missing is reportedly estimated to be 22,900. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)