JAMA presents replica of 'miracle pine' to disaster-hit town

JAMA presents replica of 'miracle pine' to disaster-hit town

MORIOKA, Japan - Akio Toyoda (R), president of Toyota Motor Corp. and chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, and Futoshi Toba, mayor of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, stand on March 27, 2014, in front of a replica of the "miracle pine" that survived the March 2011 tsunami. JAMA presented the replica to the city.

Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (front R) looks up at the lone "miracle pine" that remained after the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, with Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (far L), on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) is escorted by Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (front R) after arriving at the city hall in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Kin visit city where U.S. man perished in tsunami

Kin visit city where U.S. man perished in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Futoshi Toba (C), mayor of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, poses for photos with Americans Shelly Dickson (L) and Ian Dickson (R) at the Rikuzentakata city hall on July 18, 2012. The Dicksons visited the city in northeastern Japan where their brother Montgomery Dickson was killed by the March 2011 tsunami while working there as an English teacher.

Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba, whose wife Kumi remains missing, assists disaster victims in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on March 14, 2011, three days after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country.

Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba, whose wife Kumi remains missing, assists disaster victims in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on March 14, 2011, three days after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country. (Kyodo)