Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki at baseball event for children

Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki at baseball event for children

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) attends the award ceremony for the "Ichiro Cup" baseball tournament for school kids in his hometown Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, with his father Nobuyuki, on Dec. 23, 2004.

Hasebe plays mini-soccer game with Banda Aceh kids

Hasebe plays mini-soccer game with Banda Aceh kids

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe (C) plays a mini-soccer game with elementary school children in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec, 23, 2014. Hasebe, in cooperation with the Japan Committee for UNICEF, visited the area hit by devastating tsunami in December 2004.

Footballer Hasebe encourages Banda Aceh kids

Footballer Hasebe encourages Banda Aceh kids

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Japanese footballer Makoto Hasebe (R) shows kindergartners on the outskirts of Indonesia's Banda Aceh, hit by huge tsunami in December 2004, a message of support from Japanese kindergartners in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in charity work on Dec. 23, 2014.

Footballer Hasebe encourages Banda Aceh kids

Footballer Hasebe encourages Banda Aceh kids

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Japanese footballer Makoto Hasebe (R) shows kindergartners on the outskirts of Indonesia's Banda Aceh, hit by huge tsunami in December 2004, a message of support from Japanese kindergartners in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in charity work on Dec. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

Hasebe plays mini-soccer game with Banda Aceh kids

Hasebe plays mini-soccer game with Banda Aceh kids

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe (C) plays a mini-soccer game with elementary school children in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec, 23, 2014. Hasebe, in cooperation with the Japan Committee for UNICEF, visited the area hit by devastating tsunami in December 2004. (Kyodo)

Indonesian tsunami in 2004

Indonesian tsunami in 2004

Wirdawati, a 20-year-old Indonesian college student whose grandmother was killed in the massive tsunami that hit Sumatra in 2004, shares her thought on the tragedy on Dec. 23, 2017 with the general public through her letter on the topic, being exhibited at a postal box set up at Aceh Tsunami Museum. The 9.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggering history's deadliest tsunami and leaving more than 160,000 dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo