reporter: at the coast, we meet hiromi, and his plea to the rest of the world. it s freezing, we need blankets, but much more. translator: well, to be frank, i need a bath and stuff like that, but i know it s too much to ask. it s so cold here. we need kerosene, and we need petrol. reporter: we had seen towns wrecked, factories pulverized, but smashed like they were today. and hiromi had been good enough to explain to us exactly what happened here six days ago. it was about half an hour after the last of the earth tremors finished people noticed that this entire bay began simply emptying of water. the tide went out way beyond the ....