4/17/2012 - Members of the Misawa Air Base community and Misawa International Club set up for a Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. More than 50 people from Misawa Air Base came out to support the event. The Mini-American Day was put on for the people displaced from their homes in the Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)

4/17/2012 - Members of the Misawa Air Base community and Misawa International Club set up an inflatable Uncle Sam balloon for a Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. The Mini-American Day was put on for the people displaced from their homes in the Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)

4/17/2012 - Members of the Misawa Air Base community grill hamburgers and hotdogs for a Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. The Mini-American Day event was a chance for members of Misawa Air Base to lift spirits and share cultures with people displaced by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)

4/17/2012 - Members of the Misawa Air Base community fold donated clothes as people displaced from last year's earthquake and tsunami look through them during a Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. More than 200 people attended the event. The Mini-American Day was put on for the people displaced from their homes in the Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)

4/17/2012 - Eddie, the Edgren High School Eagle, hands out stuffed animals to children during a Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. Students from the Edgren High School handed out toys and provided entertainment during the event. The Mini-American Day was put on for the people displaced from their homes in the Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)

4/17/2012 - Misawa Air Base Hula Dancers teach people displaced from their homes in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, how to hula during Mini-American Day event at Hanamaki, Japan, April 14, 2012. Members of the Misawa Air Base community provided American style food, games, music and dance performances at the event. The Mini-American Day was put on for the people displaced from their homes in the Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb/Released)