Emperor, empress visit Cape Iwaisaki

Emperor, empress visit Cape Iwaisaki

KESENNUMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Cape Iwaisaki in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The cape is located in Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park, which the government created in 2013 by expanding the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park along the Sanriku Coast following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shunsuke Goto, a Waseda University student, looks at the mouth of the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013, during a field survey commissioned by the Environment Ministry to choose a 700-kilometer natural path called "Tohoku Kaigan Trail." The selection of the coastal path from Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, to Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, is a core project for a Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park to be created by rebuilding natural parks damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

'Recovery' boxed meal

'Recovery' boxed meal

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a boxed meal product, named ''Fukko (recovery) Soraben (boxed meal sold at airport).'' The meal, using ingredients grown in areas near Sendai airport, will be put on sale at the airport, hit by the March 2011 tsunami, on March 25, 2012.

'Recovery' boxed meal

'Recovery' boxed meal

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a boxed meal product, named ''Fukko (recovery) Soraben (boxed meal sold at airport).'' The meal, using ingredients grown in areas near Sendai airport, will be put on sale at the airport, hit by the March 2011 tsunami, on March 25, 2012. (Kyodo)

Japan violinist holds concert in Brussels for 2011 quake recovery

Japan violinist holds concert in Brussels for 2011 quake recovery

Brussels-based Japanese violinist Yuzuko Horigome (L) and popular pianist Jean-Marc Luisada smile after their performance at a concert in Brussels on March 10, 2017. The charity concert entitled "Fukko," meaning reconstruction, was held to support the reconstruction of areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo