The scene in Tokyo

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) reacts he he feels an earthquake as he attends a committee meeting in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A building burns after an earthquake in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A building burns after an earthquake in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/KYODO

People evacuate to a street following an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/KYODO

Evacuees stand around Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/KYODO

People line up in front of public telephone booths at Shibuya station in Tokyo March 11, 2011. REUTERS/YOMIURI

Stranded people take a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Stranded people stand in a line to use public telephones at a train station after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Stranded people take a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

People stand outside after evacuating buildings in Tokyo's financial district in Tokyo after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/KYODO

Rescue workers attend to injured people in Tokyo after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/YOMIURI

A man looks for supplies in a store in Tokyo that has almost sold out of food and drink as people are unable to return home after an earthquake, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Traffic is in chaos as people are forced to walk home between grid locked vehicles in central Tokyo after an earthquake, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Traffic is in chaos as people are forced to walk home between grid locked vehicles in central Tokyo after an earthquake, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Women wait on the street after evacuating a building following an earthquake in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/KYODO

Stranded people take a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A woman wears a hard hat and talks on a phone after evacuating a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man walks past gridlocked traffic in central Tokyo, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A man sits wrapped in a blanket after he was evacuated from a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A woman checks a map to find a route as she takes a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Stranded people sit on a ticket counter at a subway station after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon