Masayoshi Sawaguchi

Masayoshi Sawaguchi, director of the Department of Policy and Finance for the Misawa City Office, speaks with U.S. sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa during the cleanup effort at the Misawa Fishing Port. Nearly 100 Sailors from NAFM volunteered in the relief effort to help Misawa City employees and members of the local community.

The scale of the disasters is still unclear. With thousands already declared dead and thousands more missing, the aid and search and rescue missions will take the cooperation of many.