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.

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)

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Powerful Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows an area alongside Hokuriku shinkansen line (C) submerged in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the Chikuma River (upper right) overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Akanuma, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo