Tsunami survivor says 'don't look back'

Tsunami survivor says 'don't look back'

MIYAKO, Japan - Yoshi Akanuma, 93, speaks to her great-grandchild at an evacuation center in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Akanuma, who survived the 1933 Showa Sanriku Earthquake Tsunami and the March 11 tsunami in northeastern Japan, said one needs to ''not look back, but live with hope.'' She said her goal is to see her hometown recover. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000348403
  • Registered date
  • 2011/4/09 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1303 × 1748 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 529.44(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    [Breaking News]1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

    SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region. (Kyodo)
      M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

      M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a damaged rooftop in Sukumo in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2024, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.
        Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

        Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

        Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako speak to people at an evacuation center in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Noto on April 12, 2024, following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.
          Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

          Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

          Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, L) and Empress Masako (back, L) speak to people at an evacuation center in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Anamizu on April 12, 2024, following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.
            Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

            Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

            Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako visit an area in the town of Noto on April 12, 2024, which was devastated by a tsunami following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)
              Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

              Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

              Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, L) and Empress Masako (back, L) speak to people at an evacuation center in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Anamizu on April 12, 2024, following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.
                Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

                Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

                Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako speak to people at an evacuation center in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Noto on April 12, 2024, following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

                  Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 6

                  A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning high waves of up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). Naha Airport was temporarily closed. Passengers were forced to evacuate to the third floor of the building, and many flights were canceled or delayed.

                    Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan

                    A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).
                      Japanese emperor, empress visit quake-hit Ishikawa Pref.

                      Japanese emperor, empress visit quake-hit Ishikawa Pref.

                      Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet on March 22, 2024, with a man affected by the strong earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1 at a health center now used as an evacuation facility in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. (Pool photo)