Photo exhibit at U.N. on 2011 disaster recovery

Photo exhibit at U.N. on 2011 disaster recovery

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Murakami (L), representative of nonprofit organization Aid TAKATA which serves as a liaison council for supporting Iwate Prefecture's Rikuzentakata, Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (C), and Fumihiko Imamura, director of Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science, stand in front of photo panels on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster displayed at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014.

Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) attend on May 12, 2012, a lecture at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai by Tohoku University professor Fumihiko Imamura (L) about quake countermeasures. The imperial couple traveled to Sendai the same day for a two-day visit, during which they will meet with people still living in temporary housing 14 months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Pool photo)

Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) attend on May 12, 2012, a lecture at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai by Tohoku University professor Fumihiko Imamura (L) about quake countermeasures. The imperial couple traveled to Sendai the same day for a two-day visit, during which they will meet with people still living in temporary housing 14 months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Photo exhibit at U.N. on 2011 disaster recovery

Photo exhibit at U.N. on 2011 disaster recovery

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Murakami (L), representative of nonprofit organization Aid TAKATA which serves as a liaison council for supporting Iwate Prefecture's Rikuzentakata, Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (C), and Fumihiko Imamura, director of Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science, stand in front of photo panels on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster displayed at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014. (Kyodo)