Japan Prepares To Mark One Year Anniversary Of Earthquake And Tsunami

TAKAHAMA, JAPAN - MARCH 09: A general view of Takahama Nuclear Power Station which runs by Kansai Electric Power Co, on March 9, 2012 in Takahama, Japan. Only two of Japanese's 54 nuclear reactors are online nearly 12 months after last year's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Many of the reactors have been stopped for regular maintenance during which official stress tests are being conducted, ahead of the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Japan on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten meters that engulfed large parts of northeastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing has amounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)