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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, visits Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Vacancy rate rises at Tohoku temporary housing

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A prefabricated temporary housing facility in the town of Monou in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen on Aug. 9, 2014. Increasing number of residents who had taken shelter at the facility since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have moved out, while some 90,000 people still live in this type of temporary housing in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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'King Kazu' encourages pupils at tsunami-hit school

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, a player for J-League second division side Yokohama FC and former Japan national squad member, gives a pep talk on July 15, 2014, to pupils at Kadowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miura visits tsunami-hit school in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, a player for J-League second division side Yokohama FC and former Japan national squad member, visits Kadowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on July 15, 2014.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Ishinomaki Rainbow House for 2011 disaster orphans

SENDAI, Japan - Ishinomaki Rainbow House, a support facility for children who lost their parents in the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, is pictured in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. A completion ceremony was held on the same day.

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, Japan - People pray at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Kin seek damages over deaths of kids in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Relatives hold portraits of dead children as they enter the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2014. The relatives of 23 elementary school students who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, filed a damages suit, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground.

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Kin seek damages over deaths of kids in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Relatives hold portraits of dead children as they enter the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2014. The relatives of 23 elementary school students who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, filed a damages suit, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kazutaka Sato prays in front of a cenotaph at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved family members, including Sato, of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved families of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos from Kyodo News helicopter show Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), nearly two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom). Dozens of pupils fell victim to the disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), two days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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People visit memorabilia display in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People visit the last display of memorabilia found in rubble after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 4, 2014, to look for their families' belongings. The items are on display through March 11.

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Memorabilia found in rubble on show in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The last display of memorabilia found in rubble after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster is held in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 4, 2014. The items are on display through March 11.

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Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remain deserted on Feb. 25, 2014. At the school, 84 students, teachers and staff members died in the March 2011 tsunami. There has not been any discussion on whether to preserve or demolish the school building (Photo taken in long exposure mode with fisheye lens).

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School hallway remains ravaged since 2011 disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A hallway of the disaster-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and fire. The city government is considering of preserving the school as a monument to remember the disaster.

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Tsunami-, fire-ravaged school in Ishinomaki left as it is

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The inside of Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains in disorder on Jan. 22, 2014, as desks and walls have been covered with mud since a powerful earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and fire devastated the building in March 2011. The city government disclosed the site to members of the media.

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School tattered by 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The inside of the disaster-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was tattered by the March 2011 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, as well as fire.

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Inspectors examining disaster-hit primary school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Ishinomaki city government's committee aiming to pass down lessons from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to the next generation are inspecting Kadowaki Elementary School, which was devastated by the disaster, in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2014.

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Disaster-hit primary school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The tsunami-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as fire, and the city government is considering preserving the school as a monument to remember the disaster.

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U.S. college students pray for American victim

SENDAI, Japan - A group of students from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia offer prayers for Taylor Anderson, a graduate of the college, in the area where her body was found in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014. Anderson was killed in the disaster while working as an English teacher in Ishinomaki.

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) reads "Where the Wild Things Are," a classic children's picture book, to students at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) tries her hand at Japanese calligraphy with the help of a student at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) shakes hands with students at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) smiles as students raise their hands to ask her questions at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shows the Japanese character for "tomo," meaning friend, which she wrote with the help of a student (standing next to her), at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)