Tsunami-damaged 8-mm film in Iwate Pref.

Tsunami-damaged 8-mm film in Iwate Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - An 8-millimeter film damaged by the March 2011 tsunami is pictured on March 20, 2014, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. A group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, is collecting 8-mm films and other media that record sceneries of Ofunato before the disaster.

Group in Iwate Pref. collecting pre-disaster records

Group in Iwate Pref. collecting pre-disaster records

SENDAI, Japan - Daisuke Miyoshi (L), a part-time instructor at Tokyo University of the Arts, collects 8-millimeter film and other media from Naotake Sato, who runs a photo studio in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 20, 2014. Miyoshi is a member of a group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, which is collecting 8-mm film and other media that record the scenery of Ofunato before the March 2011 disaster.

Japan eyes to accept more ethnic Karen refugees

Japan eyes to accept more ethnic Karen refugees

UM-PIAM, Thailand - Ethnic Karen refugees are briefed by a Japanese government official on Japan's resettlement program for the Karen refugees, in Um-piam camp, which houses more than 25,000 refugees along the border Thailand shares with Myanmar, on May 3, 2012. Junji Ito, first secretary for political affairs at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, said Japan will extend the program to accept more Karen refugees.

Japan eyes to accept more ethnic Karen refugees

Japan eyes to accept more ethnic Karen refugees

UM-PIAM, Thailand - Ethnic Karen refugees are briefed by a Japanese government official on Japan's resettlement program for the Karen refugees, in Um-piam camp, which houses more than 25,000 refugees along the border Thailand shares with Myanmar, on May 3, 2012. Junji Ito, first secretary for political affairs at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, said Japan will extend the program to accept more Karen refugees. (Kyodo)