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[Breaking News]Japanese children wish for peace in Gaza

KAMAISHI, Japan Kyodo - A child flies a kite in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, with a message wishing for peace in Gaza written on it. About 30 children took part in the event in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, launched after people in Gaza flew kites in 2012 to wish for Japan's early recovery from the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japanese children wish for peace in Gaza

A child flies a kite in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, with a message wishing for peace in Gaza written on it. About 30 children took part in the event in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, launched after people in Gaza flew kites in 2012 to wish for Japan's early recovery from the disaster.

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JR East sightseeing train Hinabi debuts in northeastern Japan

A ceremony marking the debut of East Japan Railway Co. sightseeing train Hinabi is held at JR Morioka Station in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2023. The two-car train with a total of 59 seats will initially run between Morioka and Kamaishi, also in Iwate Prefecture, mainly on weekends, with service planned to extend into the neighboring Aomori Prefecture in the future.

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JR East sightseeing train Hinabi debuts in northeastern Japan

A ceremony marking the debut of East Japan Railway Co. sightseeing train Hinabi is held at JR Morioka Station in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2023. The two-car train with a total of 59 seats will initially run between Morioka and Kamaishi, also in Iwate Prefecture, mainly on weekends, with service planned to extend into the neighboring Aomori Prefecture in the future.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

Railway fans bid farewell to SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, at JR Kamaishi Station in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 11, 2023, from where it left for its final run.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

Railway fans bid farewell to SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, at JR Kamaishi Station in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 11, 2023, from where it left for its final run.

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12th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer a silent prayer in front of bamboo lanterns in the Iwate Prefecture city of Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2023, the 12th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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12th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People hold a candlelight vigil in the Iwate Prefecture city of Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2023, the 12th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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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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Kamaishi City Mayor Noda

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Takenori Noda, mayor of Kamaishi in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2018.

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Worker in tsunami-hit town shows off marine products

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Mukushi of a family-run seafood-processing firm in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows off a box of filleted salmon and other marine products at a shop in the prefectural city of Kamaishi on Dec. 9, 2014. Her father revived the business a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the region in 2011.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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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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School rebuilding in tsunami-hit northern Japan delayed

MORIOKA, Japan - A site for building elementary and middle schools in a residential area in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2014. Reconstruction of public schools in the region's coastal area, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, has been delayed due to rising prices of building materials and labor in short supply.

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Deputy mayor speaks at tsunami symposium in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Tadamitsu Wakasaki, deputy mayor of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, speaks about the city's experience in the 2011 killer earthquake and tsunami at a disaster management symposium in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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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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Sushi served on disaster-hit Sanriku Railway

MORIOKA, Japan - Officials of Iwate Prefecture's coastal promotion bureau serve sushi made with local seafood on the "Sushi train" of Sanriku Railway Co.'s South Rias Line running through Kamaishi in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Aug. 2, 2014.

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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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2011 tsunami-surviving piano returns to home school

KAMAISHI, Japan - Pupils of Toni Elementary School sing a school song in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 2, 2014, to the accompaniment of a repaired grand piano which survived the 2011 tsunami disaster.

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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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Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - Kamaishi Hikari Foods, one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, exhibits fresh fish frozen with specially developed ice at an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014, to introduce post-disaster business undertakings.

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Kids release balloons before "Mural of Hope"

MORIOKA, Japan - Children release balloons during a ceremony on April 26, 2014, to commemorate the completion of "Kibo no Hekiga" (Mural of Hope) in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Steam-powered 'Ginga' train crosses bridge in Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - The steam locomotive-led "SL Ginga" (SL Milky Way) crosses a bridge on JR Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train for limited service as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI,Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" departs from JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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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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Disaster prevention center torn down in Kamaishi, Japan

KAMAISHI, Japan - A disaster prevention center in the Unosumai district of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where many local residents died in the March 2011 tsunami after taking refuge there, is being torn down on Jan. 11, 2014. Bereaved family members frequented the facility to offer prayers at an alter set up inside, but the building's demolition was completed in February. A facility commemorating the victims is scheduled to be built at the site.

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train's inside shown to press

TONO, Japan - The interior of the "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train is shown to the press during a demonstration ride on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service. The train made a test run that day between Kamaishi and Tono in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. On the left wall is a picture of Kenji Miyazawa, an author from the prefecture known for his novel "Night on the Galactic Railroad."

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train makes test run

TONO, Japan - The "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train makes a test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service.

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Passengers on 'SL Ginga' train can enjoy planetarium

TONO, Japan - Passengers on the "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train can watch stars at a small planetarium inside. SL Ginga made a test run between Kamaishi and Tono in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - Aid worker Maiko Sato sorts cardboard boxes containing clothing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast 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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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 (R) and Crown Princess Masako (C) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013.

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (R) listens to a crying woman, an evacuee from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013.

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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)