Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front L) and his cabinet members observe a moment of silence at the start of a parliamentary session in Tokyo on March 9, 2012, ahead of one-year anniversary of last March 11 earthquake and tsunami. [Photo/Agencies]

A temporary worker for the Fukushima prefectural government puts beans inside a radiation measuring instrument at the Fukushima municipal office Azuma branch in Fukushima, northern Japan March 9, 2012. From March 1, 2012, a total of 21 places in Fukushima city started measuring radiation for food items brought in by residents. [Photo/Agencies]