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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

People watch the sea from higher ground in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

People watch the sea from higher ground in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

People watch the sea from higher ground in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Ishinomaki Fish Market" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Ishinomaki was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students, and 10 teachers and officials of the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen placed in front of the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2025, ahead of the 14th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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Cycling event in tsunami-hit region

Tour de Tohoku competitors start their race in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024. The annual cycling event aims to support recovery from the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region in March 2011.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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Princess Kako visits tsunami-hit city in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Princess Kako offers flowers on May 23, 2023, at a cenotaph for tsunami victims in a memorial park in Ishinomaki, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits tsunami-hit city in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Princess Kako (R) on May 23, 2023, visits an elementary school in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki that has been preserved to keep alive the memory of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Robot searches for missing in 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

A self-moving robot searches for those still unaccounted for on a beach in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2023, about 12 years after the earthquake and tsunami disaster left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A Coast Guard diver holds a sneaker found underwater as the search continues for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A Coast Guard diver jumps into the water as the search continues for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A team continues the search for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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12th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A child touches a cenotaph that inscribes the names of more than 3,700 people who were killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2023.

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Christmas tree lit up at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is illuminated on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 disaster caused by a devastating earthquake.

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Christmas tree illuminated at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is lit up on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Kunio Suno, president of a fish market in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, holds two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total, on Feb. 14, 2013. The ingots were sent to the fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total that were sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - Candles are placed for a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan.

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Pair of big "kadomatsu" decorations in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A car passes between a pair of big "kadomatsu" New Year decorations erected on a road near temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 31, 2014.

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Northeastern Japan firm eyes biofuel business

SENDAI, Japan - An algae cultivation facility operated by Smabe Japan Co. in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen in September 2014. The northeastern Japanese firm is aiming at mass production of biofuel in addition to its supplement business.

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Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows a classroom of Kadonowaki Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki that was hit by the March 2011 tsunami and fire. An expert panel proposed on Dec. 22, 2014, that the school building be preserved in its current state to hand down the legacy of the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit school building sought to be kept as 'relic'

SENDAI, Japan - High school student Sonomi Sato appeals for the preservation of the damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, as an earthquake relic at a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2014. Sato's younger sister Mizuho, killed in the March 2011 tsunami, was a student at the elementary school.

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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BoSox's Uehara teaches grade school players in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Pitcher Koji Uehara (C) of the Boston Red Sox gives a tip to an elementary school children during a baseball class held in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2014. The city is in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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BoSox's Uehara, Yomiuri's Takahashi hold class in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Pitcher Koji Uehara (R) of the Boston Red Sox and Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi hold a baseball class for children on Nov. 29, 2014, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The city is in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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BoSox's Uehara instructs children in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Pitcher Koji Uehara (C) of the Boston Red Sox gives a lesson to a young baseball player during a baseball class held in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2014. The city is in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school.

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Deserted shopping street in northern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A street in front of East Japan Railway Co.'s Ishinomaki Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, appears deserted with many shops closed for business on Nov. 24, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "Abenomics" policy mix designed to prop up domestic demand has not produced visible effects in most regional areas.

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SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces inspect a pontoon bridge they built across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

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SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces build a pontoon bridge across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

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Training ship for 3 Iwate high schools launched

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A launching ceremony is held in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 4, 2014, for a new fisheries training ship to be jointly used by three high schools. The schools used to share two training vessels but lost one of them in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Tsunami-hit school pupils join line dancing Guinness record challenge

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Oginohama Junior High School in Miyagi Prefecture's tsunami-hit Ishinomaki join former Takarazuka Revue performer Maho Shiomi (6th from L) and over 4,000 others at an event to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people line dancing together for five minutes or longer, in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2014. They successfully broke the record, which was previously set by 2,569 people in the United States in 2012.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 10 shows workers preparing for the removal of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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World's largest blanket created in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, and people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake complete in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2014, a giant blanket connecting more than 11,000 granny squares donated by knitters all over the world. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters.

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People produce giant blanket in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, connect 20-square-centimeter granny squares gifted by knitters from across the world to create a giant blanket on Sept. 20, 2014, in a project led by Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists start the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves as she reaches the goal in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy gives a speech in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014, before the start of the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally. The ambassador was among 2,800 cyclists who joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Upland residential area being built in disaster-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Construction of an upland residential area is under way on Sept. 11, 2014, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011.