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Japanese fan thanks Brazil for aid after 2011 tsunami

CUIABA, Brazil - A Japanese supporter at a World Cup Group C match of Japan against Colombia at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014, holds a banner in Portuguese thanking Brazil for its aid and friendship for the areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Japan.

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Man prays for his 2011 disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe prays for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, as he crouches on a walkway before a lot where his parent's home used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014. A message to them that he sprayed on the path in blue ink says, "Where have you gone? We are all waiting for your return."

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Message for man's disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe pours water over a message he sprayed for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, on a walkway in front of the land where his parents house used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Tsunami-damaged piano returns to elementary school

KAMAISHI, Japan - A grand piano, washed away from Toni Elementary School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed in the vacated yard of the school after repair on June 2, 2014.

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Educator Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - A June 18, 2011, photo shows Takeshi Hashimoto, a legendary Japanese language teacher known for his slow reading lessons. He died on Sept. 11, 2013, at a hospital in Kobe, western Japan. He was 101.

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Japan crown prince in Spain

MADRID, Spain - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R in front) views the exhibition in Madrid on June 11, 2013, of photos depicting Japanese citizens' recovery efforts from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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NPB admits changing ball

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Nippon Professional Baseball's official ball used in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The NPB admitted on June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the ongoing season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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NPB admits changing ball for current season

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in August 2010 shows Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato showing off a new ball, as well as its cross section, to be used by the 12 professional baseball teams of the Japanese Central and Pacific leagues from the 2011 season. NPB admitted June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the current season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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MV-22 Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken June 13, 2011, shows an MV-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, seen at the Marine Corps' Air Station Miramar in San Diego. A senior defense ministry official sought the cooperation of the municipal government of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 11, 2012, for the planned temporary deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a U.S. military base there before eventually deploying them at another U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of a residential district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 11, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that the district was engulfed by tsunami on March 11 and that the only house remaining there on June 3 has been removed.

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JR East president apologizes to Tokyo governor

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Seino (L), president of East Japan Railway Co., visits Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in Tokyo on June 20, 2011, to offer an apology over the railway operator's decision to suspend its services and shutter its major stations in the capital in the wake of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, forcing stranded passengers out of the stations. The governor sent a protest letter to the company, commonly known as JR East, in May, saying the metropolitan government might start imposing taxes on JR East station facilities depending on its response to Tokyo's inquiry into the controversial decision.

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Character 'dream' made of drawings

SENDAI, Japan - People line up 600 drawings by elementary school children in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011, to form the Chinese character ''yume,'' meaning dream, in the town on June 14, 2011.

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Antinuclear protest in NYC

NEW YORK, United States - About 60 people take part in an antinuclear protest, organized by Japanese people, in New York on June 11, 2011, three months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at an atomic power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Antinuclear demonstration in Paris

PARIS, France - Several thousand people take part in a demonstration in Paris on June 11, 2011, calling for the abolition of nuclear power amid the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

BONN, Germany - A member (C) of a Japanese environmentalist group receives the Fossil of the Day award, in place of a Japanese government representative, after Japan won the award on June 11, 2011, at the venue of an international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Climate Action Network, which groups hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide, gave the award to Japan after one of its delegates reportedly made remarks suggesting that Japan will continue to weigh heavily nuclear power plants in its fight against global warming.

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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Children's book about Hakuho's lamb

SAPPORO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) holds a copy of the children's book ''Kohitsuji Haira'' (Baby Sheep Haira) at an event in Sapporo on June 11, 2011. The book published in May by a Japanese publishing company features Haira, a lamb the yokozuna received as a gift from the Hokkaido town of Takikawa.

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Kan at disaster-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Kamaishi Mayor Takenori Noda (2nd from L) observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. on June 11, 2011, the time when the massive earthquake hit the area three months ago, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Kan pledged to reflect requests of municipalities damaged by the March quake-tsunami disaster in the next reconstruction-financing budget during a meeting with local officials.

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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Antinuclear demonstration in Paris

PARIS, France - Several thousand people take part in a demonstration in Paris on June 11, 2011, calling for the abolition of nuclear power amid the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The banner written in French reads, ''We cry for Fukushima.''

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) and first lady Kim Yoon Ok (2nd from L) attend a ceremony to celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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LDP's Ishiba at disaster-hit Koriyama

KORIYAMA, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, chief policymaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, talks with leaders of municipalities within Fukushima Prefecture in Koriyama on June 11, 2011, three months after the March quake-tsunami disaster.

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Antinuclear plant rally in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People rally against nuclear power plants in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, an atomic-bombed city in western Japan, on June 11, 2011. Thousands of antinuclear protesters took to the streets across Japan the same day.

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Fukushima repeats 100m victory at nat'ls

KUMAGAYA, Japan - Asian champion Chisato Fukushima (L) finishes first in the women's 100-meter final at the national championships in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on June 11, 2011, while Kana Ichikawa (R) finishes second. It was Fukushima's third 100-meter victory in four years.

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Kan at disaster-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (facing) listens to a woman as he visits temporary housing facilities in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for people who lost their homes in the March earthquake and tsunami on June 11, 2011, three months after the disaster.

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Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

BEIJING, China - Nanao Mayor Bumpei Takemoto (L) and Sado Mayor Koichiro Takano hold certificates of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in Beijing on June 11, 2011. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially announced the same day it will add the farming methods of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, and Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, to its GIAHS list at an international forum in the Chinese capital.

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Refinery in Ichihara on 3/11 and in June

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, engulfed in flames on March 11, 2011 (top frame), shortly after the massive earthquake jolted the area, and the refinery on June 5, 2011 (bottom frame), about three months after the disaster.

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Natori being hit by tsunami, and 3 months later

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a residential area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, being struck by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 (top frame), and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Only one house remains nearly three months after the disaster.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - People gather in rain to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan at Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.