Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Ayaka Ogawa (L) and Mayuko Tsuda (R), two Japanese high school students from Nagasaki, observe a meeting of the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva on Aug. 19. They handed a petition containing more than 30,000 signatures calling for nuclear disarmament to an official of the Conference of Disarmament.

2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayaka Ogawa (L), a 16-year-old sophomore, and Mayuko Tsuda, a 17-year-old senior, from two Nagasaki high schools pose for photos at the Nagasaki city office on Ag. 16 before heading to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva to spread the message of nuclear disarmament. The banner they hold reads: ""World without war and nuclear weapons.''

2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayaka Ogawa (L), a 16-year-old sophomore, and Mayuko Tsuda, a 17-year-old senior, from two Nagasaki high schools pose for photos at the Nagasaki city office on Ag. 16 before heading to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva to spread the message of nuclear disarmament. The banner they hold reads: "World without war and nuclear weapons.'' (Kyodo)

2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Ayaka Ogawa (L) and Mayuko Tsuda (R), two Japanese high school students from Nagasaki, observe a meeting of the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva on Aug. 19. They handed a petition containing more than 30,000 signatures calling for nuclear disarmament to an official of the Conference of Disarmament. (Kyodo)