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Radar used to search for missing from 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Police search for traces of people who went missing in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami with members of the office of Tohoku University professor Motoyuki Sato in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014.

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New Year decoration at makeshift barber shop in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Tetsuro Abe puts up a New Year decoration around the entrance of his makeshift barber shop in the disaster-hit town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Dec. 31, 2011. The barber shop, which was opened by his father and had been in business for 40 years, was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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Search for missing victims of March disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A firefighter searches for remains of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a fishing port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2011. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the disaster is seen in the background.

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Search for missing victims of March disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A police officer of the Fukushima prefectural police searches for remains of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a fishing port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2011. A police helicopter takes part in the operation from the sky.

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Search for missing victims of March disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Police officers of the Fukushima prefectural police search for remains of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a fishing port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2011.

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Demolition of tsunami-hit facility begins in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - A four-story accommodation facility, "Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan," in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen on Dec. 11, 2014. Demolition work began on Dec. 15, although some people had asked to keep it as a relic of the disaster in northeastern Japan.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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'Miracle pine' lit up on Christmas Eve

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is lit up amid snow on Dec. 24, 2011.

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Footballer Kagawa turns into Santa Claus

SENDAI, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa in Santa Claus costume speaks at a Christmas event in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. About 300 children from soccer teams in the prefecture affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were invited to the event and received jerseys and shoes as Christmas gifts.

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Calendar to support pets in Fukushima

ROME, Italy - A member of the Japanese Speaking Guides Association in Rome on Dec. 22, 2011, holds a calendar, which was made to support pets affected by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The association plans to donate the proceeds from sales of the calendar to animal protection groups in Japan.

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Fixing disaster-hit Shinto shrine before New Year

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteer workers on Dec. 21, 2011, clean and repair the surroundings of the Koganeyama Shrine, a Shinto shrine on an island off the Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi Prefecture hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as well as by a typhoon, prior to the New Year. Many people in Japan customarily visit Shinto shrines on New Year's Day.

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Christmas tree formed with smiling faces on umbrellas

IWAKI, Japan - People create the shape of a Christmas tree on Dec. 23, 2011, using umbrellas bearing the smiling faces of children from areas hit by natural disasters around the world, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (5th from R in front) and a group of Japanese high school and university students pose at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. The group of students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (R) shakes hands with a high school student at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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KDDI to open foothold in quake-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (C), chairman of KDDI Corp., poses with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. The operator of ''au'' mobile phone services said the same day it will set up a foothold in the city to register and manage subscribers' data as part of its efforts to create employment in the northeastern Japan region ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hasebe donates 45 mil. yen for children in Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese footballer Makoto Hasebe (R), who currently plays for Wolfsburg in Germany, hands a soccer ball to Takahiro Ojima, the principal of a kindergarten in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2011. Hasebe has decided to donate 45 million yen to the Japan Committee for UNICEF for the reconstruction of the kindergarten damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and to support children affected by the disaster.

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Japan, Australia restart FTA talks

CANBERRA, Australia - The Japanese delegation attends talks with Australia in Canberra on Dec. 20, 2011, as the two countries resumed negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, after they were suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan.

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Japanese quake-hit youths visit Moscow school

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian students (back) cheer as Japanese students (front) sing ''The One and Only Flower in the World'' at a school in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost their relatives in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster visited the school to meet Russian youths. The Japanese from four high schools and two universities in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures were invited to Moscow's school No. 1535 by Russia's educational authorities on a goodwill program.

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Temporary shopping center in Iwate Pref.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People flock to a makeshift shopping center set up in a schoolyard in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2011. The shopping center opened the same day for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the area.

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N. Young, Will.i.am in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - CHANGING WORDINGS IN 2ND, 3RD SENTENCES Veteran rocker Neil Young (L) speaks during an event at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011. Young and Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas (R front), a popular hip hop group, expressed their desire to support a public-private partnership led by the U.S. and the Japanese governments to aid reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The initiative named ''Tomodachi'' (friends) was forged to support companies and people affected by the disaster through cultural exchange and other events in cooperation with private firms.

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FC Barcelona in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lionel Messi (C) and other members of FC Barcelona pose for photos in Yokohama on Dec. 13, 2011, with children evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and subsequent nuclear crisis. The children held soccer jerseys presented by the team members, who are in Japan to play in the Club World Cup.

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Santa in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus meets Japanese children at Narita airport near Tokyo after arriving from Finland on Dec. 13, 2011. He plans to visit children in areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Santa in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo from Finland on Dec. 13, 2011. He plans to visit children in areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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EU's Hedegaard in press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Connie Hedegaard, the European Union's climate action commissioner, speaks at a press conference in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 11, 2011, after the end of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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Drummers from disaster-hit area perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese taiko drummers from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, an area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, perform at Champ de Mars park in Paris on Dec. 11, 2011, as part of a fundraising campaign.

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'Miracle pine' in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows an ancient pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The tree is the only survivor among around 70,000 pines that stood in a scenic area of the coastal city, and has been dubbed ''the miracle pine'' by residents.

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Ethiopia's Girma wins Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Ethiopia's Woynishet Girma crosses the finishing line to win the women's title at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 11, 2011, with a time of 2:31:41.

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Kenya's Chelimo wins Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Kenya's Nicholas Chelimo approaches the finishing line at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 11, 2011. He finished first with a time of 2:14:55, winning the men's title for the second year in a row.

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Barcelona arrive in Japan for Club World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Lionel Messi (C) and other players of European champions Barcelona arrive at Narita airport on the night of Dec. 11, 2011. The team will play Al-Sadd of Qatar in the semifinals of the Club World Cup in Yokohama on Dec. 15.

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Dortmund's Kagawa against Kaiserslautern

DORTMUND, Germany - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund competes for the ball against Kaiserslautern's Rodnei Francisco de Lima in Dortmund, Germany, on Dec. 11, 2011. Kagawa scored a goal, his fourth this season. The game ended 1-1.

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (bottom), ranked first in the world in the 100-kilogram class, loses in the semifinals to South Korea's Hwang Hee Tae (top) on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization. On left is WTO Director General Pascal Lamy clapping.

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's world bronze medalist Mika Sugimoto (R) defeats top-ranked Megumi Tachimoto (L) on points in an all-Japanese final in the women's over 78-kilogram class on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - A ceremony is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization.

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed in quake-hit Iwate city

KAMAISHI, Japan - Citizens' choir and orchestra performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 11, 2011, for the 34th consecutive year, despite the hardships caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami exactly nine months ago.

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Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Many people visit the Tokyo Motor Show at Tokyo Big Sight hall in the capital's Koto Ward on Dec. 11, 2011, the final day of the event.

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India's anti-graft crusader begins to fast again

NEW DELHI, India - Indian anticorruption crusader Anna Hazare fasts in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2011, to protest proposals by a parliamentary standing committee on anti-graft measures.

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India's anti-graft crusader begins to fast again

NEW DELHI, India - Indian anticorruption crusader Anna Hazare (L) fasts in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2011, to protest proposals by a parliamentary standing committee on anti-graft measures.

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Joie de Vivre wins Hanshin Juvenile Fillies

OSAKA, Japan - Fourth pick Joie de Vivre (13) wins a Grade 1 race in only her second career start at the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the race to decide the best 2-year-old filly, at Hanshin Racecourse in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) attends a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Xie Zhenhua (L), vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, and Todd Stern (R), U.S. climate talks envoy, are pictured at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Participants applaud as the U.N. climate talks reach an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Christiana Figueres (front L), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hug after the U.N. climate talks reached an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Lunar eclipse

OKAYAMA, Japan - A combination photo shows (from L to R) the beginning at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, to the end at 1:18 a.m. on Dec. 11, of a lunar eclipse with the total eclipse at the center observed in Okayama, western Japan.

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Lunar eclipse

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A total lunar eclipse is observed in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at 11:38 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011. On the left is the framework of a disaster management building of the Minamisanriku town government wrecked by the March tsunami.

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Lunar eclipse

TOKYO, Japan - A total lunar eclipse is observed in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi area at 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011.

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Lunar eclipse observed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured in Tokyo's Sumida Ward at 11:08 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, shows an orange moon over Tokyo Sky Tree during a total lunar eclipse. A total eclipse of the moon is observed when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned.

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Lunar eclipse observed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured in Tokyo's Sumida Ward at 11:14 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2011, shows an orange moon over Tokyo Sky Tree during a total lunar eclipse. A total eclipse of the moon is observed when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned.