Tsunami aftermath in Rikuzentakata

Tsunami aftermath in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yukihisa Ojima, 39, who ran an electric appliance store in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, before it was swept away by a tsunami on March 11, 2011, looks for items used by his family members -- wife Noriko, 38, daughter Chihiro, 7, father Shoji, 69, and mother Kimi, 62 -- who were all killed in the tsunami, on the second floor of their home on April 17. The first floor was completely wiped away. Ojima, who also works as a volunteer firefighter, said he intends to remain in the city. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000346431
  • Registered date
  • 2011/4/18 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1598 × 1303 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 546.16(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

    Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

    Candles are seen in front of a residential block in Vantaa, Finland, on Ocotber 8, 2023. A fire in a flat on the bottom floor of the residential block during the early hours of Sunday morning killed five members of the same six-person family that lived in the flat. The father of the family survived the fire. According to the police the family were Finnish citizens from an immigrant background. LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO PENTTINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kimmo Penttinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)
      Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

      Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

      Candles are seen in front of a residential block in Vantaa, Finland, on Ocotber 8, 2023. A fire in a flat on the bottom floor of the residential block during the early hours of Sunday morning killed five members of the same six-person family that lived in the flat. The father of the family survived the fire. According to the police the family were Finnish citizens from an immigrant background. LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO PENTTINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kimmo Penttinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)
        Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

        Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

        Candles are seen in front of a residential block in Vantaa, Finland, on Ocotber 8, 2023. A fire in a flat on the bottom floor of the residential block during the early hours of Sunday morning killed five members of the same six-person family that lived in the flat. The father of the family survived the fire. According to the police the family were Finnish citizens from an immigrant background. LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO PENTTINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kimmo Penttinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)
          Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

          Five dead in Vantaa apartment fire

          Candles are seen in front of a residential block in Vantaa, Finland, on Ocotber 8, 2023. A fire in a flat on the bottom floor of the residential block during the early hours of Sunday morning killed five members of the same six-person family that lived in the flat. The father of the family survived the fire. According to the police the family were Finnish citizens from an immigrant background. LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO PENTTINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kimmo Penttinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)
            Japan tsunami survivor seeks liaison with Sumatra victims

            Japan tsunami survivor seeks liaison with Sumatra victims

            BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Shuya Takahashi, chief of the reconstruction policy section of the Higashimatsushima municipal government in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, shares his city's experience in the 2011 tsunami during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia's Banda Aceh on Dec. 6, 2014. Takahashi, who lost his 22-year-old daughter as well as his home in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, stressed the importance for Japan and Indonesia to share lessons and know-how in mitigating future disasters. (Kyodo)
              Family separated by nuclear crisis

              Family separated by nuclear crisis

              FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yasuhiro Abe keeps on hand a family photo taken in March 2011 after he evacuated from his home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, together with his wife and son following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. For work, Abe lives alone in Fukushima City, separated from his wife and son, who live in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. Photo taken in Fukushima City on Feb. 26, 2013.
                Interpreters reunited with India disaster response team

                Interpreters reunited with India disaster response team

                NEW DELHI, India - Kenichiro Hiramoto (2nd from R, front) and three other Japanese are pictured with Alok Avasthy (3rd from R, front), the Pune commandant of the National Disaster Response Force, and force members at the NDRF headquarters outside New Delhi, on March 12, 2012. The Japanese group, who served as volunteer interpreters for members of India's disaster response team sent to Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to search for the missing, were reunited with the Indian relief workers.
                  Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

                  Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

                  OFUNATO, Japan - A man and his daughter look through the rubble of their home for their belongings and items with special significance in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 15, 2011. Their home was destroyed by the March 11 tsunami, which swept it about 200 meters from its original location. (Kyodo)
                    Quake aftermath in Miyako

                    Quake aftermath in Miyako

                    MIYAKO, Japan - Children look for their belongings and family items in the rubble of their home in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on April 3, 2011, after about three weeks from an earthquake and tsunami struck the area. (Kyodo)
                      Baby born after disaster

                      Baby born after disaster

                      OSAKI, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi (L) stands by his wife Kaori holding their newborn daughter Kotone in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 28, 2011. Takahashi's mother died in the March 11 quake and tsunami.