Japan's barren tsunami coast 2 years on
A March 11, 2011 tsunami survivor Hide Sato, 83, sits in a small room for one person she is allotted at a temporary shelter housing complex in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in this Feb. 23 file photo. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces.