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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Firefighters search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Firefighters search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Kamaishi Fire Co. bugle band rehearses fanfare

MORIOKA, Japan - The bugle band of the Kamaishi Fire Company rehearses a fanfare in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 25, 2014.

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Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

KAMAISHI, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Jiro Ishiyama (R), a former prop of the Nippon Steel Kamaishi team, plays during an opening event for Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018. Ishiyama helped build the stadium as a construction worker.

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Local painter's drawings exhibited at new museum

SENDAI, Japan - Drawings by the late painter Jun Sugimura are exhibited at a new museum remodeled from an old community center in Kamaishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on the day of its opening on Nov. 22, 2014. The painter mainly drew landscapes in the northeastern Japan city.

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Art museum for local painter opens in northwest Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A newly completed art museum remodeled from an old community center opens in Kamaishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2014, to exhibit drawings by the late local painter Jun Sugimura who mainly painted landscapes in the northeastern Japan city.

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Disaster survivor expresses gratitude through calligraphy

MORIOKA, Japan - Shuetsu Kubo, who has weak eyesight, shows a sample of his calligraphy in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. Kubo started expressing gratitude for his family through calligraphy after losing his younger brother in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Grave visit for 2011 disaster victim

MORIOKA, Japan - Shuetsu Kubo (R), who has weak eyesight, visits his younger brother's grave with the help of volunteer staff in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 11, 2014. Kubo started expressing gratitude for his family through calligraphy after losing his younger brother in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Woman learns to shop at unmanned store in Iwate Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - A woman learns how to use equipment at an unmanned store set up at a hall in a pubic disaster housing complex in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, in April 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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Kamaishi women named disaster panel members in Settsu

KAMAISHI, Japan - Akiko Iwasaki (C) and Kazue Konta (R ), both residents of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, stand with Yoshitaka Ono, deputy mayor of Settsu in Osaka Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after they were named as members of a disaster prevention committee set up by the Settsu city government.

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Sanriku Railway

KAMAISHI, Japan - A train on Sanriku Railway Co.'s South Rias line takes a test run in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on March 28, 2014 before resuming full service on April 5. Parts of the train line were closed after being damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (R).

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Pets cheering up owners' spirits since 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Etsuko Niisato holding her dog Kupi at her temporary store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) and Crown Princess Masako (L) visit Ono Foods Co., a seafood processing company, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. The company's operation was affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (next to him) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (next to him) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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2 and a half years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Iwate prefectural police offer silent prayers before setting off on a search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster.

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Lantern festival

KAMAISHI, Japan - People pass colorful lanterns at a Zen Buddhist temple in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2013. The lanterns were lit in the "mantokuyo" event to commemorate the dead, particularly ancestors and victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Lantern festival

KAMAISHI, Japan - Women stand among colorful lanterns at a Zen Buddhist temple in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2013. The lanterns were lit in the "mantokuyo" event to commemorate the dead, particularly ancestors and victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Lessons from 2011 quake to create safer evacuation

KAMAISHI, Japan - Mikio Yamazaki, a district welfare commissioner in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, describes how he guided other residents toward evacuation shelters after the ground shook on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, at the former site of his shop in the city.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photos show a road in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same road on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Emperor, empress convey gratitude to Britons

LONDON, Britain - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) chats with Roy Wilsher (R), a firefighter who led British rescuers in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a reception at the Japanese Embassy in London on May 17, 2012. Wilsher said the emperor thanked him for helping Japan to rebuild quickly. Empress Michiko (wearing a kimono) can be seen in the background. (Pool photo)

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Disaster anniv. concert in Paris

PARIS, France - Akiko Iwasaki (C), landlady of the Horaikan inn in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, makes a speech during a concert at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris held on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami, to offer condolences to the disaster victims and encourage those affected by it. To the right is Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado.

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Kamaishi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Kamaishi port in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (R), in which a large ship brought ashore by the tsunami has been removed. Seen in front is a large statue of Buddhism's Guanyin bodhisattva.

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Kamaishi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Prefabricated school building in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Children arrive for the start of third term at a prefabricated school in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012, built near their original school that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed in quake-hit Iwate city

KAMAISHI, Japan - Citizens' choir and orchestra performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 11, 2011, for the 34th consecutive year, despite the hardships caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami exactly nine months ago.

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Tsunami monument

KAMAISHI, Japan - A stone monument is set up in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2011, to commemorate the March quake and tsunami. The cenotaph is the first of the 500 projected monuments to be set up by the stone industry over 10 years along the Pacific coast in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures struck by the tsunami.

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Iwate Gov. Tasso experiences life in temporary housing

KAMAISHI, Japan - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso prepares a meal in a temporary housing unit for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2011. He stayed overnight at the facility to share the experience of life in the temporary housing.

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Tsunami victim's body found in car wreck

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photo shows a car wreck (L) in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2011, in which the body of a man who had been missing since the March 11 tsunami was found nearly eight months later on Nov. 2.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Caviar farm in disaster-hit Kamaishi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 9, 2011, shows a sturgeon farm to harvest caviar which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The company Kamaishi Caviar, known as the first to produce farmed caviar on a commercial basis in Japan, was disbanded as all sturgeons at its facilities died in the disaster.

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Remnants of March tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - People look at a 100-meter-long cargo ship stranded on the quay in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on August 13, 2011. Reminders of the March 11 tsunami, such as this cargo ship, are drawing visitors during the summer vacation season.

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Children's orchestra mourns disaster victims

KAMAISHI, Japan - Prominent conductor Yutaka Sado leads a students' orchestra beside a beach in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. The event was held in the area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to mourn the victims of the disaster.

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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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Evacuation center in Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - People line up to receive their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011. Over 100 people are still staying at the shelter about three months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Stranded ship in Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - A large cargo ship, weighing 4,724 tons, remains stranded in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 23, 2011, after being washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Fish market in tsunami-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photo shows a fish market hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. A ship washed ashore by the tsunami still remains behind the market.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R facing) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L, facing) visit an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011, to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Stranded ship in Kamaishi

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2011, shows a ship washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.

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Recovery work in tsunami-hit areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Construction workers build a temporary housing facility in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, on April 18, near cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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Reconstruction in quake-hit Kamaishi

OTSUCHI, Japan - A worker sets up a solar panel on a streetlight pole in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 13, 2011, after the area was damaged in the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster.