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Onagawa is one of the many small towns sitting along the deeply indented, sawtooth shore that lines the coast of northern Miyagi prefecture.

A fan in Miyagi prefecture who said she was alone in her home with no power, no gas, and no running water.

The first floor of a plant in Miyagi Prefecture that makes magnetic tape and Blu-ray discs was flooded , the company said .

Radiation levels in Miyagi are around POINT ZERO FIVE micro-sievert, half that of Tokyo.

Chieko Chiba walks through the rubble after going to see her destroyed home March 16, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi province.

A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture.

Michinori Watanabe of Miyagi prefecture, about 100 miles from Fukushima in northern Japan, said the same thing.

Toyota completed construction on its newest, and 17th, assembly plant in central Miyagi prefecture less than a month before the earthquake.

According to the police chief of hard-hit Miyagi Prefecture, at least 10, 000 are dead, the Washington Post reported.

Vehicles block a canal in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture Sunday after they were deposited there following the quake and tsunami.

A soldier carries an elderly woman on his back as people are evacuated to a shelter at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture on March 12.

The personal transformations are more subtle outside Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three prefectures that have suffered the most.

People walk on a muddy road as they evacuate to a shelter in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12.

This aerial shot shows houses engulfed in flames after being hit by a tsunami at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan.

Later he told The Economist that deregulation of Miyagi's coastline should serve as a model for reform nationwide.

Ministry of Agriculture also plans to expand the scope of the inspection to the northeast Iwate, Miyagi and Aomori.

Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture earthquake occurred in this strange light, it is not clear the source of the light emitted.

In Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit hard by the tsunami, fishermen are doing more than just rebuilding.

According to Japanese media reports, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture observed waves up to 10 meters.

An employee inspected auto parts on the production line of Iwaki Diecast Co. 's plant in Yamamoto, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.

A fire was also reported earlier in the turbine building of the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi.

Japanese Self-Defense Forces cleaned the rooms at the Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture.

Japan's coastguard said it was searching for 80 dock workers on a vessel swept away from a shipyard in Miyagi.

Japanese military walk by a body lying in the rubble of a village destroyed, March 15, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province.

Up to 10, 000 people remained unaccounted for in Minamisanriku of Miyagi Prefecture.

People wait to be rescued atop a building with the letters "SOS" in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture March 12.

Nearly two months after the 11 March tsunami, many of the children of Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, still live in shelters.

Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate prefectures further north bore the brunt of the damage from the shock and the ensuing tsunami.

A woman mourns the devastation of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan on March 13.

The Kobe area produced 4. 1 per cent of Japan's output, just as hard-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures do today.

People evacuated to a rooftop at the port in Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture.

Flames and smoke billow from a petroleum-refining plant damaged by the Japan earthquake in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13.

It is reported that nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture Onagawa nuclear power plants are not unusual.

Pictures left in a destroyed building in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12.

Today an ever-powerful earthquake heavily struck the coast of Miyagi region in northeastern Japan.

A Buddhist nun surveys the damage in the Japanese town of Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, that was destroyed by last month's quake and tsunami.

Saiki says 20 percent of the 2, 450 safes found in Miyagi turned out to be empty.

Among them, the earthquake and tsunami devastated Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture total of 10 bankrupt companies.

A plant making Blu-ray discs and other products in Miyagi also experienced flooding on its first floor, Sony said.

A vessel sits after it was washed away by tsunami into urban area in Kesennuma, Miyagi, northern Japan March 12.

Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture earthquake measured the morning weak degree 5 earthquake, aftershocks continued.

Survivors in Minamisanriku, a town in Miyagi washed nearly clean of its houses, believe about half of its 17, 000 residents are gone.

No one should complain, says Mitsugu Miyagi, standing in line at a store with his infant, 6-year-old and wife, Maki.

A boy walks past vehicles damaged by the Japan earthquake and tsunami in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13.

The epicenter was about 40 kilometers under the sea off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.

Miyagi first adjustment which good breeding forage and safety management system, on April 19 to start selling in the market.

Miyagi Prefecture, a 80-year-old woman, were crushed in the rubble of collapsed buildings, currently under treatment.

In Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, a ship with 100 people abroad was washed away. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Kesennuma, located 300 miles north-east of Tokyo in Miyagi prefecture, was near the epicentre of the magnitude 8. 9 earthquake.

Survivors listen about ongoing recovery operations at an evacuation center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, March 15, 2011.

Tsunami debris scattered over a devastated area of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, seen on March 14, 2011.

Around 260 fishing ports were completely destroyed, and over 13 thousand fishing boats lost in Iwate, Ishinomaki and Miyagi prefectures.

Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region where the main magnitude 8. 8 earthquake and tsunami.

The quake's epicenter in the Sanriku waters, recorded in the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture to the Richter magnitude 5.

A man holding a dog walks on a street in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12.

A car lies among debris swept inland by the tsunami following the earthquake in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture.

An aerial view shows tsunami damage and flooding in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12.

Houses burn at night following an earthquake in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011.

In Miyagi Prefecture alone, authorities estimate they will collect around 18 million metric tons of debris.

One giant wave washed through an airport in Sendai, the capital of Miyagi, leaving 1, 300 people stranded on upper floors within.

A light aircraft and vehicles swept by the tsunami are seen in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture March 12, 2011.

Displaced residents sit on mats at an evacuation center after leaving their coastal homes in Sendai, Miyagi on March 15, 2011.

Expressways in Miyagi were also closed.

In addition, the Miyagi Prefecture Murai Jiahao 3 pm offered to send relief to the Ground SDF personnel requirements.

Two Marine helicopters have already delivered 1, 500 pounds of rice and bread to the hardest hit area, Shioishi City in Miyagi Prefecture.

Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning, Miyagi and Fukushima will be 0. 5 meter-high tsunami arrival time of 14: 50.

Yamagata Miyagi Prefectural to go to the bus stop, from yesterday overcrowded.

The town consists of Miyagi, imperial, three outside the city walls and to form heavy.

Later he used a friend's helicopter to fly food, medicines and mobile-phone chargers to Miyagi, but was refused permission to land.

Sendai, a city of 1 million in Miyagi prefecture, was struck by a wave 20 feet high and then another 33 feet high.

I am in Tokyo and my parents' home is in Miyagi.

She says in the three worst affected prefectures - Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate - 378 children died, and 191 went missing.

Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture 78 cm sinking, sinking Kesennuma City, 74 cm, 73 cm Ofunato.

29Survivors prayed at the wreckage of a house in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan.

Much of Kesennuma, a town of 70, 000 people in Miyagi prefecture, was ablaze, NHK said.

Miyagi, Japan: A member of the Japanese Self-Defence Force searches for victims at an area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami