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Japan: Colorful Balloons Released to Mark 14th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. At former Arahama Elementary School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose building was damaged in the natural disaster, the commemoration event "HOPE FOR project" was held where people released colorful balloons after observing a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time of the 2011 earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person watches the sunrise at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person walks at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the early morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Students leave new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Students walk home from Arahama Junior High School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011. Classrooms are located on the second and third floors of the new building.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (bottom).

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Remains of disaster-hit residential area in Sendai, Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The remains of a residential area in the Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where about 720 homes were washed away in the March 2011 tsunami, are pictured on Feb. 23, 2014. Sendai municipal authorities are planning to preserve part of the area as a reminder of the disaster (Photo taken with fisheye lens).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 years after Japan quake

SENDAI, Japan - Around 3,000 candles are lit in the Arahama coastal district in Miyagi Prefecture to form a message in English expressing gratitude for assistance from overseas following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, on the second anniversary of the disaster on March 11, 2013.

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Global leaders visit Sendai disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - (From R, front) International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima stand on the rooftop of an elementary school that survived destruction in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Arahama coastal district of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2012, during their visit to sites in disaster-hit areas.

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Tsunami-ravaged area in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - The Arahama coastal area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is left ravaged by the March 11 quake and tsunami on March 29, 2011.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People pray in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2022, exactly 11 years after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a killer tsunami.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A couple pray on a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2022, the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People pray on a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2022, the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are placed on a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2022, the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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Tsunami-hit school building to be kept as part of 2011 quake ruins

The Arahama Elementary School building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as seen from a Kyodo News drone on May 8, 2015, will be preserved by the municipal government as part of the ruins left by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to pass on the disaster's lessons to future generations. The school was flooded by tsunami up to its second floor, but rescuers saved more than 300 people from its rooftop, including pupils and residents from the neighborhood. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skatepark in tsunami-hit area

Skateboarders keep going after sunset on Jan. 10, 2015, at the Carpe Diem Park in Sendai's Arahama district in northeastern Japan. The park, whose name means "seize the day" in Latin, was created by Shinji Kida, 34, on the site of his house after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skatepark in tsunami-hit area

A skateboarder falls on Jan. 3, 2015, at the Carpe Diem Park in Sendai's Arahama district in northeastern Japan. The park, whose name means "seize the day" in Latin, was created by Shinji Kida, 34, on the site of his former house after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skatepark in tsunami-hit area

Company worker Yu Nakajima, 31, skateboards on Jan. 18, 2015, at the R BEACH PARK in Sendai's Arahama district in northeastern Japan. The skatepark was created by Nakajima on the site of his former house after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Nakajima says he has always wanted to manage such a park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skatepark in tsunami-hit area

Skateboarders gather on Jan. 24, 2015, at the Carpe Diem Park in Sendai's Arahama district in northeastern Japan. The park, whose name means "seize the day" in Latin, was created by Shinji Kida, 34, on the site of his former house after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skatepark in tsunami-hit area

Ruka Mizunuma, 6, poses for a photo after succeeding at a skateboarding trick for the first time on Jan. 12, 2015, at the Carpe Diem Park in Sendai's Arahama district in northeastern Japan. The park, whose name means "seize the day" in Latin, was created by Shinji Kida, 34, on the site of his former house after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A flower is placed at a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan city.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People pray a beach in the Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan city.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A woman prays in front of a memorial cenotaph built in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture for the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A woman visits a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. She placed in the water a letter to her grandmother killed in the earthquake-tsunami disaster as she has done every year since the calamity.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People visit a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Women watch the rising sun from a beach in the Arahama district of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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2011 tsunami monument

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2017, shows the Arahama Elementary School with the sign, put up by students in 2016, simply saying, "Thank you, Arahama Elementary School." The school is now open to the public as a museum and memorial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 tsunami monument

This March 12, 2011 file photo shows the Arahama Elementary School which was one of only a handful of buildings to survive the devastating tsunami in the Arahama area on the outskirts of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place on June 21, 2021, in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place on June 21, 2021, in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place on June 21, 2021, in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place on June 21, 2021, in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Yellow handkerchiefs in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - Fisherman Yoshio Sato displays yellow handkerchiefs in the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 28, 2012. Local residents have displayed yellow handkerchiefs like banners in the area to express hope for reconstruction from the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Schools start in tsunami-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Students of tsunami-hit Arahama Elementary School arrive at Higashi-Miyagino Elementary School, about 5 kilometers apart, in Sendai on April 19, 2011, as the new school term started on the day. Some schools damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami started the new term at other schools in the vicinity where they hired classrooms. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-ravaged area in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - The Arahama coastal area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is left ravaged by the March 11 quake and tsunami on March 29, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Photo exhibition on beach in disaster-hit Japanese city

A photo exhibition is held on a beach in Sendai, a northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on Aug. 23, 2020. About 40 photos taken by a local photographer featuring the region's landscape, birds and flowers are on display on the beach in Sendai's Arahama area where over 190 people were killed in the disaster.

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

Photo shows pine trees on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, with the moon seen above them on the morning of March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Many trees planted as a windbreak were washed away by the tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

Children visit the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

Children visit the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

A man visits the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

People visit the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for remains of people missing since 2011 tsunami

Police officers offer prayers on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2020, before launching a search for the remains of people who went missing after the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for remains of people missing since 2011 tsunami

Police officers offer prayers on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2020, before launching a search for the remains of people who went missing after the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for remains of people missing since 2011 tsunami

Photo taken March 10, 2020, shows police officers searching on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, for the remains of people who went missing after the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for remains of people missing since 2011 tsunami

Photo taken March 10, 2020, shows police officers searching on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, for the remains of people who went missing after the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for remains of people missing since 2011 tsunami

Photo taken March 10, 2020, shows police officers searching on the coast of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, for the remains of people who went missing after the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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8th anniversary of 2011 northeastern Japan disaster

A women and her husband pray at a cenotaph in Sendai's Arahama district on March 11, 2019, the eighth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Part of the district was swept away by the tsunami that followed the magnitude-9 earthquake on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit school opens to public

Takuya Sone (R) and his family look at a wall clock displayed at the former Arahama Elementary School in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2018. The clock was hung on the wall of the gymnasium when tsunami waves reached the school, which is now open to the public as a disaster ruin, at shortly before 4 p.m. on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo