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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk with a person affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake at a memorial museum in Futaba, a town in Fukushima Prefecture that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at a memorial museum in Futaba, a town in Fukushima Prefecture that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko is greeted upon her arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted upon their arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. The imperial couple and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko is greeted upon her arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, R), Empress Masako (back, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival on April 6, 2026, at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, which served as a relief center for people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

People wave to Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko upon their arrival at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L), Empress Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (3rd from L) talk with people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake at a memorial museum in Futaba, a town in Fukushima Prefecture that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko bow at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, L), Empress Masako (back, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, L), Empress Masako (front, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko lay flowers at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko lay flowers at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (4th from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. The family is vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. The family is vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Cherry blossoms in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms in the Yonomori area of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2013. Entry to areas beyond the fence remains restricted due to the nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Abe in disaster-hit Iwate

MIYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front C) is briefed on April 6, 2013, by Masanori Yamamoto (front R), mayor of the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, at a levee in the Toro area of the city that was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show U.S. Marines cleaning up debris on the island of Oshima in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013.

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Railroad soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of JR Senseki Line rail track in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom). Services on the line have been partly resumed.

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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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Nikkei ends at lowest level since April 2009

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down 193.89 points, or 2.21 percent, at 8,590.57 on Sept. 6, 2011. The key Japanese stock index is currently at its lowest level since April 2009.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in April and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows the Kamiyama River in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on April 28, 2011 (top frame), with vehicles caught up in the March 11 tsunami floating on the surface and cherry blossoms in full bloom on riverbank, and the same river on June 6, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in April and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), and on June 3, 2011 (bottom). The pleasure boat ''Hamayuri'' washed up on the rooftop of an inn by tsunami and a building have so far been removed.

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Disaster nursing expert in Tennessee

NEW YORK, United States - Amy Knowles, an assistant professor of nursing at King College, speaks during an interview at King College Knoxville campus in Tennessee on April 6, 2011. She said the mental health issue cannot be forgotten in recovery efforts after the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan.

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Japan-U.S. ties after March 11 disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - Junior high school students on the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011, put on hats given by U.S. military personnel engaged in relief efforts on the island. Relations between Japan and the United States could be in the best state ever according to sources close to the U.S. State Department, following U.S. support to deal with the aftermath of the March 11 disaster.

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Japan-U.S. ties after March 11 disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A resident of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, removes mud and debris with a member of the U.S. military on April 6, 2011. Relations between Japan and the United States could be in the best state ever according to sources close to the U.S. State Department, following U.S. support to deal with the aftermath of the March 11 disaster.

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Artists gather in Paris to support Japan

PARIS, France - Performers for the event ''Hope Japan'' respond to the crowd after their performances at Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris on April 6, 2011. Internationally known artists, including French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and French soprano Natalie Dessay, gathered in support of quake-hit Japan. Raised donations will be sent to the Japanese Red Cross.

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A's Matsui against Blue Jays

TORONTO, Canada - Oakland Athletics' designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run double in the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on April 6, 2011. Matsui went 1-for-4 as his team lost 3-5.

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A's Matsui against Blue Jays

TORONTO, Canada - Oakland Athletics' designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run double in the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on April 6, 2011. Matsui went 1-for-4 as his team lost 3-5.

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Support for Japan in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Around 100 recipients of Japanese government scholarships for study in Japan gather in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 6, 2011, to send messages of encouragement to people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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U.S. military relief team leaves Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - A U.S. Marine undergoes a radiation check before leaving the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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U.S. military relief team leaves Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - Residents of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture bid farewell to members of the U.S. military on the island on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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U.S. military relief team leaves Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - Residents of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture bid farewell to members of the U.S. military on the island on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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U.S. military relief team leaves Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - Residents of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture bid farewell to members of the U.S. military on the island on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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Cherry blossoms in bloom

TOKYO, Japan - Cherry blossoms are seen in bloom in Kinshi Park in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 6, 2011, against the backdrop of the Tokyo Sky Tree communications tower. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom in metropolitan Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said that day.

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Privacy at shelter

KAMAISHI, Japan - Partitions are set up to provide some privacy at an elementary school gymnasium used as an evacuation shelter in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 6, 2011. The area was hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Sumo wrestlers encourage disaster evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) chats with children over hot pot dishes at Tokyo Budokan hall in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on April 6, 2011. The facility is accommodating evacuees of the March 11 quake and tsunami.