Anti-nuclear demonstrators in Tokyo mark the six-month anniversary of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.<br/> In the face of an ongoing nuclear crisis stemming from damaged reactors, they demand the government shut down all nuclear power plants.<br/> Protesters say they want to continue feeling the loss of the 20,000 killed in the disasters and remind themselves of the reconstruction still needed.<br/> In Ishinomaki on the coast, survivors remember the city's more than 3000 victims and 700 missing with a moment of silence.<br/> Organisers lay a rainbow created from the letters of children.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) 36-YEAR-OLD EVENT ORGANIZER TAISHI UCHIYAMA SAYING:<br/> "There are a lot of people who are being affected by natural and man-made disasters. So we just want people to keep their dreams and hopes. If everyone puts their dreams together, it can become a rainbow that gives hope to everyone. So we went around and gathered everyone's dreams to make this."<br/> One local businessman visits his destroyed shop, where his mother was washed away by the tsunami.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 66-YEAR-OLD DESTROYED SHOP OWNER KATSUJU OGATA SAYING:<br/> "It's been six months now, and I still have no income. I ran away from the tsunami with nothing. I finally had my older brother give me a car, but I had my three cars all washed away. I don't have anything as everything was washed away. It's been 6 months but I don't feel like I've moved forward at all."<br/> Nearly 10,000 people are still living in shelters after losing their homes, making the effects of the disasters an everyday reality for many.<br/> Lindsey Parietti, Reuters.
