3/11/2012 - Hand-made lanterns sit on display during a remembrance ceremony at Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. Lanterns were lit during a memorial lights display to pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - Local Japanese fishermen shell clams during a remembrance ceremony in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. A local farmer provided homemade clam soup to volunteers, including many from Misawa Air Base's Misawa Helps organization, who helped clean up his farm after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - Governor Shingo Mimura, Aomori Prefecture, gives opening remarks during a remembrance ceremony held at Momoishi Port in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2011. Oirase Town hosted a two-day event to remember the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - Fishing boats sit in the water at Momoishi Port in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. Oirase Town hosted a two-day event to remember the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - Local Japanese families stay warm over a fire at the remembrance ceremony in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. A crowd of more than 500 people, including families from Misawa Air Base, paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred on March, 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - U.S. Air Force Col. Al Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, stands with members of the local Japanese community to observe a moment of silence to remember the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami during a ceremony in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami took the lives of more than 16,000 people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - U.S. Air Force Col. Al Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, gives opening remarks during the remembrance ceremony held at Momoishi Port in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. More than 500 people, including many from Misawa Air Base, paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred on March, 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - U.S. Air Force Col. Al Wimmer, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, gives opening remarks during a remembrance ceremony held at Momoishi Port in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami took the lives of more than 16,000 people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - A local musical group performed Kagura during a remembrance ceremony held at the Momoishi Port in Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. The ceremony was held one year after an earthquake and tsunami affected the Pacific region. A Kagura is a sacred artistic dance often performed during traditional ceremonies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown/Released)

3/11/2012 - A retired F-86 fighter aircraft rests as the U.S. and Japan national flags fly at half staff March 11, 2012 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The day marks the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which claimed the lives of more than 16,000 people and left more than 3,000 people uncounted for. In addition to the base flying the flags at half staff, more than 350 runners and volunteers participated in a 5k remembrance run hosted by the Misawa Air Base American Red Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jess Lockoski/Released)

3/11/2012 - Japanese fishermen and volunteers shell clams to make stew during an earthquake/tsunami remembrance ceremony at the Momoishi Port, Oirase Town, Japan, March 11, 2012. Surrounding community members and Misawa Air Base, Japan community members attended the ceremony to remember the tragedy one year after a 9.0 earthquake-induced tsunami battered Japan?s northeast coast on March 11, 2011. The fishermen and farmers offered the stew to those who helped with the recovery efforts, including many from Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jess Lockoski/Released)

3/11/2012 - Servicemembers and base community members from Misawa Air Base, Japan stand around a fire pit, March 11, 2012 during an earthquake/tsunami remembrance ceremony at the Momoishi Port, Oirase Town, Japan. Oirase town hosted a two-day event to remember those who lost their lives after the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami rocked the northeast coast in 2011. Misawa visitors included volunteers from the base?s Misawa Helps organization. Roughly 2,670 individuals, many of whom volunteered on multiple occasions, provided roughly 40,570 hours of help during Misawa Helps relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jess Lockoski)

3/11/2012 - A Japanese news correspondent interviews Kathryn Lasky, Misawa Air Base American Red Cross volunteer, Shigenori Wada, 35th Civil Engineering Squadron, and Victory Harvey, Misawa Helps volunteer, during a Japan earthquake/tsunami remembrance ceremony at the Momoishi Port, Oirase Town, Japan March 11, 2012. Base community members, who helped with recovery efforts after Japan?s devastating earthquake, were able to meet family members from the Iwasaki Pork Farm nearly one year after the Misawa Helps/American Red Cross assisted with its clean up. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jess Lockoski)