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New Year in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - The New Year sunrise lights up an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2012. The tsunami reached three-fourths of the height of the tower seen in the center.

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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree set up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - A girl looks at an ornament she made after an 8-meter Christmas tree was lit up on Nov. 23, 2014, at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the northeastern Japanese region hit by the March 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Google shoots disaster-affected area from off shore

KESENNUMA, Japan - A member of Google Inc.'s Street View project operates a boat with equipment to shoot views of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, from the sea on June 18, 2014.

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Major haul of bonito at Kesennuma port

KESENNUMA, Japan - This year's first full-fledged haul of bonito is unloaded at a fishing port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014.

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Qatar-aided fish storage facility in Kesennuma

SENDAI, Japan - Qatar's Ambassador to Japan and Chairman of the Qatar Friendship Fund Yousef Mohammed Bilal (2nd from L) inspects an "ikesu" fish-keeping facility in May 2014 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the 2011 tsunami. The facility called Al-Furdha was aided by the fund.

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Notice of fare hikes due to sales tax increase

KESENNUMA, Japan - A notice of fare increases is posted at the bus stop in front of a makeshift shopping area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, as a result of the consumption tax hike taking effect the same day.

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Price freeze notice at Korean restaurant in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A Korean restaurant in a makeshift shopping area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a notice on April 1, 2014, reading that prices will be kept unchanged despite the sales tax increase taking effect the same day.

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Filipino caregiver makes elderly people happy with English

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 shows caregiver Charito Ito (R), a Filipino woman married to a Japanese man, leading day-care services users in exercising at a care home in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Filipino caregiver makes elderly people happy with English

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 shows caregiver Charito Ito (R), a Filipino woman married to a Japanese man, helping a day-care services user eat meals at a care home in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

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2 and a half years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman prays for the souls of her family members who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami at a place where their house used to stand before being washed away in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster. Work began recently to dismantle a fishing boat (back) that has remained stranded after being carried there by the tsunami.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom). An improvised convenience store outlet has begun operating near the fishing boat carried ashore by the tsunami.

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Mother's Day in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman prays before an altar on Mother's Day in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. The area was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Holding hands in prayer

KESENNUMA, Japan - People line up and hold hands at the riverside to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:51 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2012 (R).

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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11 months after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Burned cars are piled up and a large ship brought by the March 2011 tsunami remained ashore in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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10 months after March quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2012, 10 months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, shows flowers being laid at a site where a residential police box used to stand in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. A police officer stationed there has been missing since the disaster. A large fishing vessel washed ashore by the tsunami remains stranded, while the clearing of debris in the area is ongoing.

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Half year after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A police officer holds flowers at a site where a house was swept away by a tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in picture taken on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan.

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6 months after 3/11

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 10, 2011, shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, about 6 months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated there.

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6 months after 3/11

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 10, 2011, shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, about 6 months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated there.

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Half year after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Many damaged buildings and rubble remain in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, nearly a half year after the March 11 quake and tsunami. The moon is reflected on stagnant pool of foul-smelling seawater filling a ground depression.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 24, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that fishing boats swept ashore by the March 11 tsunami have been removed.

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5 months after quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - A firework lights up the sky over a fish market in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2011, five months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck the area.

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Clock at quake-hit station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken June 16, 2011, shows the inside of JR Shishiorikarakuwa Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. when the powerful earthquake jolted the area.

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Stranded ship carried to port

KESENNUMA, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami is carried to a port on a wheeled platform in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.

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Stranded ship carried to port

KESENNUMA, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami is carried to a port on a wheeled platform in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20, 2011 (left frame), and the same area on June 3, 2011 (right frame). The floodwater has receded and a building stripped to the frame has been removed.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top frame), two days after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Flowers have come into bloom since the area was cleaned up.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows local residents walking through debris on a street in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to get water on March 14, 2011 (top frame), three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). A large tank and a damaged house on the left side of the street have been cleared away.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in April and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows the Kamiyama River in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on April 28, 2011 (top frame), with vehicles caught up in the March 11 tsunami floating on the surface and cherry blossoms in full bloom on riverbank, and the same river on June 6, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 24, 2011 (top frame), with ships swept around by the March 11 tsunami, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Burned ship in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A burned ship washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami remains stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2011.

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Ship taken back to sea

KESENNUMA, Japan - A 379-ton tuna fishing ship is lifted up in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 23, 2011. The ship, one of a number of vessels beached on land after the March 11 tsunami, was taken back to the sea.

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2 months on after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman (R), near a charred ship in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, looks for remains of a stone wall of her parents' home on May 11, 2011, two months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. ''The ocean raised our family, so I cannot hate it, but I can't accept what happened yet,'' the woman said.

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Buddhist service to mark 49th day since disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A Buddhist monk tolls a bell in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on April 28, 2011, the moment a massive earthquake struck the area on March 11. It was the 49th day since the disaster and the souls of the dead are believed to leave for another world after seven weeks, according to traditional Buddhist thought.

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Tsunami-hit ship removed in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A ship damaged by the March 11 tsunami is towed in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, by a salvage vessel on April 24, 2011.

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Stranded ship removed in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A ship washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is removed from the site by personnel of a salvage firm on April 24, 2011.

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Morning bazaar resumes in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - The morning bazaar in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, resumes on April 17, 2011, for the first time since the coastal city was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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Japan-U.S. ties after March 11 disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A resident of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, removes mud and debris with a member of the U.S. military on April 6, 2011. Relations between Japan and the United States could be in the best state ever according to sources close to the U.S. State Department, following U.S. support to deal with the aftermath of the March 11 disaster.

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Dead fish near destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a dead fish (front) lying near rail tracks of JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami.

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Dumping spoiled seafood

KESENNUMA, Japan - A truck transports spoiled seafood from food processing companies to dump into the sea in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 8, 2011. Some 32,000 tons of fish and seafood have been left in inactive refrigerators and freezers at around 50 local seafood companies due to power outages caused by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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U.S. military relief team leaves Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - A U.S. Marine undergoes a radiation check before leaving the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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Oshima islanders thank U.S. military for relief efforts

KESENNUMA, Japan - A resident of the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima in Miyagi Prefecture presents a painting by a local artist to Rear Adm. Jeffrey Jones (L) in appreciation for the U.S. military's relief efforts on the island on April 6, 2011. U.S. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their relief mission on the island the same day.

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U.S. Marines complete relief mission on Oshima

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman and a U.S. Marine remove sediment at the gas station she operates on the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011. Islanders gave U.S. Marines gifts of appreciation, including a local artist's painting, for their relief efforts as the Marines completed their mission on the island the same day.

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3-day intensive search begins

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force experimental vessel Asuka heads for a mission to find missing people in areas devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami on April 1, 2011. The Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military began a three-day intensive search to find missing people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, three weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami wiped out coastal cities and towns in northeast Japan.

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Tsunami aftermath in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - An elderly couple walks on a coastal road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Quake aftermath in Miyagi

KESENNUMA, Japan - A ruined building stands in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20, 2011, after a quake and tsunami.

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Quake aftermath in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - A police officer stares at rubble in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 18, 2011. The area was destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Chinese trainees head back home

KESENNUMA, Japan - A Japanese woman (facing) bids an emotional farewell to a Chinese trainee worker in the quake-hit city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 17, 2011. Chinese trainees in the area have started to head back to their home country after the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 11.