A passenger bus sits stranded off shore along Northeastern coastal Japan, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on July 29, 2011.

Shigeko Hashimoto takes a look around in the deserted area of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on May 26, 2013. The Yookubenimaru used to be Shigeko's regular grocery store in Tomioka. Her home is in the heart of the exclusion zone and radiation levels remain too high for residents to move back.

A woman on the clean up crew washes the windows of the empty hospital in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on March 13, 2012. In the mountains of Kawauchi, they are currently trying methods like jyosen (earth removal), power washing and even hand scrubbing to lower the area's dangerous radiation levels so that residents can return home.

Men perform jyosen (earth removal) behind the empty hospital in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on March 13, 2012. Here in the mountains of Kawauchi, they are currently trying methods like jyosen (earth removal), power washing and even hand scrubbing to lower the area's dangerous radiation levels so that residents can return home.

The damage seen from the inside of a car shows the force of the tsunami during San Ichi Ichi (March 11, 2011) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on Aug. 18, 2011. Traffic jams added to the death toll as many cars were swallowed up by the waves.

Fumio Sakuma bows to the family ancestors in his home in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on March 13, 2012. Traditionally, Japanese keep Butsudan and Kamidan alters in their homes to cultivate luck and honor the ancestors. Fumio's home is on the outer edges of the exclusion zone where the government is encouraging residents to move home, though radiation levels remain quite high.

A rice field grows on the outer edges of the exclusion zone in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on June 2, 2013. This will be the third harvest since San Ichi Ichi (March 11, 2011) and the government has expressed that radiation levels will be low enough, making it the first harvest since March 11, 2011 that will be ready for resale.

Kasetsu jutaku (temporay housing) stands in a former parking lot for the Big Palette event center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on Aug. 20, 2011. This particular kasetsu jutaku is for the nuclear refugees of Tomioka and Kawauchi, towns within the government mandated exclusion zone.

Ikuko Sakuma recounts the disaster with her husband, Fumio, in the kasetsu jutaku (temporary housing) in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on March 5, 2012.

Shigeko Hashimoto gathers personal items to bring from her home in the exclusion zone in Tomioka to her temporary housing unit in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on May 27, 2013. Shigeko has been living in Koriyama, in the kasetsu jutaku (temporary housing), for over two years now.

Shigeko Hashimoto crochets to pass the time in the temporary housing in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on Aug. 18, 2011. The stress of life since San Ichi Ichi (March 11, 2011) has caused her to lose 10 kilos off her already small frame.

A nuclear refugee peers out of the sliding door of the kasetsu jutaku (temporary housing) in Koriyama, Fukishima Prefecture, Japan on Aug. 17, 2011. An estimated 100,000+ Nuclear Refugees are displaced due to San Ichi Ichi (March 11, 2011) disaster; Phyllis B. Dooney; documentary photography; photographer

Nuclear refugees pose for a portrait at the kasetsu jutaku (temporary housing) in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on June 1, 2013. Clockwise from top left: 1. Toshisuke Hashimoto 2. Chiyoko Igari 3. Atsushi Shida 4. Shigeko Hashimoto 5. Shigeru Kubota 6. Toshie Igari; Phyllis B. Dooney; documentary photography; photographer

Nuclear refugees pose for a portrait at the kasetsu jutaku (temporary housing) in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on June 1, 2013. Clockwise from top left: 1. Kokona Wakamatsu 2. Tatsuya Aihara 3. Fumi Ide 4. Ryushiro Wakamatsu 5. Momoko Endo 6. Masaki Endo; Phyllis B. Dooney; documentary photography; photographer