I te Poutu-te-rangi 2011, i rere te waka "Kaiwo Maru" i Hapani ki Honolulu, Hawaii, i te wa i pa ai te ruu me te tsunami
i pā ki Hapani. I muri mai ka hurihia ia ki Ōkuma, Fukushima i reira i noho ai ia hei noho mo nga kaimahi e aro ana ki te raru karihi i te Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.