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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk with a student at an educational institution in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, after observing a class on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting the prefecture in northeastern Japan 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, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko listen to a person affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Okuma, Fukushima, on April 7, 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, background), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko observe a class at an educational institution in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting the prefecture in northeastern Japan 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 (far L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko meet a person (R) affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Okuma, Fukushima, on April 7, 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

(From L, background) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko observe a class at an educational institution in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting the prefecture in northeastern Japan 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 (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. 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 R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. 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 talk with a person affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Okuma, Fukushima, on April 7, 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. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (far L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. 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

(From L, front) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko observe a class at an educational institution in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting the prefecture in northeastern Japan 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 Empress Masako and her daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, the empress and the princess 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 Empress Masako and her daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, the empress and the princess 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, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 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, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 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, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 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 (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 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. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 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. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 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. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 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.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 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.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers after arriving at the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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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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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Nagoya basho 1st day

NAGOYA, Japan - Makuuchi division debutant Tokushoryu (L) pushes Chinese wrestler Sokokurai out of the ring on July 7, 2013, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Sokokurai was fired due to accusations of bout rigging in 2011 but reinstated in April 2013 after a court ruled his dismissal invalid.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Lifelike dolls of disaster victim pets

SENDAI, Japan - Kumi Endo, representative of craft shop Kinomoto, creates a replica cat with Paulownia wood powder in Kitakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2012. Dolls of cats and dogs that lost their lives in connection with the disaster of March 2011 and ensuing nuclear crisis are made at the shop.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed.

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Nishioka rejoins Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Tsuyoshi Nishioka (R) signs autographs for fans from his home country Japan at Target Field in Minneapolis on June 15, 2011. Nishioka rejoined the team on the same day after being sidelined for a broken bone on his left leg which he suffered in a game against the New York Yankees on April 7, 2011.

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Nishioka rejoins Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Tsuyoshi Nishioka practices at Target Field in Minneapolis on June 15, 2011, after rejoining the Minnesota Twins. Nishioka had been sidelined since breaking his left leg in a game against the New York Yankees on April 7, 2011.

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Hand-built shelter saves 60 people in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshifumi Sato, 76, stands in front of his self-made shelter in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Sato's shelter built on a high hill spared the lives of some 60 residents who took refuge there when the killer tsunami hit the city on March 11, inundating a designated evacuation site nearby and killing many. The evacuees at Sato's shelter were stranded there for about three days but were able to survive on stockpiled food and water.

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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.

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Tens of millions of 'lost' cash found

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces carry a safe found in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Tens of millions of yen in cash have been turned in to police by rescue workers and citizens who found them in the rubble in devastated areas in northeastern Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Twins' Nishioka hurt

NEW YORK, United States - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka reacts after Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees slid into him during the seventh inning of a game at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 7, 2011. The rookie broke his leg as he tried to turn a double play, and was placed on a 15-day disabled list.

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Twins' Nishioka hurt

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Nick Swisher(R) slides into Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka during the seventh inning of a game at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 7, 2011. The rookie broke his leg as he tried to turn a double play, and was placed on a 15-day disabled list.

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Twins' Nishioka hurt

NEW YORK, United States - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka (up) reacts after Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees slid into him during the seventh inning of a game at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 7, 2011. The rookie broke his leg as he tried to turn a double play, and was placed on a 15-day disabled list.

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Twins' Nishioka hurt

NEW YORK, United States - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka (C) gets support from team staff as he leaves the field after breaking his left leg during the seventh inning of a game when Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees slid into him, while Nishioka was trying to turn a double play, at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 7, 2011. The rookie was placed on a 15-day disabled list.

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Ishikawa makes solid start at Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa finishes the first round of the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 7, 2011. Ishikawa got off to a solid start with a 1-under 71.

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Ishikawa at Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the first hole during the first round of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 7, 2011.

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Strong quake jolts Miyagi Pref., vicinity

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at around 11:50 p.m. on April 7, 2011, in Sendai shows part of a building wall that fell after a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 jolted Japan's Miyagi Prefecture and its vicinity on the night.

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Fujita at Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Japan's Hiroyuki Fujita tees off on the first hole during the first round of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 7, 2011.

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Peruvian ambassador in quake-hit Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - Peruvian Ambassador to Japan Juan Carlos Capunay (L) talks with Amira Abe (2nd from R), a Peruvian national, at an evacuation shelter in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster. About 70 Peruvian nationals in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have been affected by the disaster, according to the Peruvian Embassy.

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Japanese ambassador rescued after attack in Ivory Coast

TOKYO, Japan - Still image taken from footage uploaded on the French Defense Ministry website on April 7, 2011, shows Japanese Ambassador to Ivory Coast Yoshifumi Okamura boarding a helicopter. Okamura and local employees were rescued by the French military the previous night after an armed group broke into the envoy's official residence in Abidjan.

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China confirms activist Ai detained

BEIJING, China - Hong Lei, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, attends a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on April 7, 2011. The ministry and state media said the same day that artist and activist Ai Weiwei is being investigated over unspecified ''economic crimes'' by police.

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Jackie Chan pledges support for Japan quake victims

BEIJING, China - Actor Jackie Chan (2nd from L) opens a sake barrel with others at an outlet of high-end Japanese restaurant Nobu in Beijing on April 7, 2011, during the restaurant's opening ceremony. Chan, who is the restaurant's part owner, said he will donate 10 million yen to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and that the restaurant will donate one-third of charges it gets for a special menu item priced at 1,500 yuan ($229). Chan also said April 1 in Hong Kong he will donate 33 million yen to the cause.

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N. Korean nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from R) walks into a hotel in Beijing on April 7, 2011. Kim and Wu Dawei, China's top envoy on the stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks, had unofficial talks in the capital city the same day.