Japan's barren tsunami coast 2 years on

Standing by a signboard reading: "Rikuzentakata City Hall," a worker holds flags to control traffic under cold weather in a street near a new road construction site in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in this Feb. 22 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.