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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken on March 9, 2025, shows a monument listing the names of the victims of the massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Kesennuma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Overturned fishing vessel at northeastern Japan shipyard

A 40-meter-long fishing vessel is seen lying on its side at a shipyard in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2023, after it tipped over while being moved to a dock.

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Kesennuma fisheries delegation hoping to learn from Norway

MALOY, Norway - Workers check and screen out damaged fish at a highly mechanized marine product processing factory in the port town of Maloy, western Norway on Jan. 24, 2013.

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Kesennuma fisheries delegation hoping to learn from Norway

MALOY, Norway - Workers check and screen out damaged fish at a highly mechanized marine product processing factory in the port town of Maloy, western Norway on Jan. 24, 2013.

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Kesennuma fisheries delegation hoping to learn from Norway

MALOY, Norway - A fishing ship (R) comes alongside the pier next to the processing plant of the company that has won an online auction carried out while the boat was still out at sea, on Jan. 21, 2013 in the port town of Alesund, western Norway. Fish is directly pumped up from the ship and conveyed straight to the production lines.

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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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Sendai restaurant to serve oysters from tsunami-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Takeshi Komatsu (R) hands over a package of cultured oysters from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to Yuji Tachibana, owner and chef of a French restaurant in the prefectural capital of Sendai, on Jan. 31, 2014. Kesennuma is a port city ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Abe visits tsunami-hit areas

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles after putting on a cardigan at a knitwear manufacturer in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 14, 2015. The company was founded after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and has hired more than 30 local women. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kids from disaster-hit region visit 1995 quake memorial in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Hashikami Elementary School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, visit the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, a memorial facility for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2015. Miyagi is one of the prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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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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Volunteers join search for people missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteers comb a coastline in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014, in search of human remains, personal belongings and other items related to missing victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. As of Oct. 10, 2,594 people remain missing in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as a result of the disaster.

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Police continue search for people missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers comb a coastal area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014, in search of human remains, personal belongings and other items related to missing victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. As of Oct. 10, 2,549 people remain missing in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as a result of the disaster.

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Kesennuma city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of Kesennuma (above), Miyagi Prefecture, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, the day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, marks a sharp contrast with another photo of the same place (below) taken on Sept. 1, 2014, following the readjustment of tsunami-erased land lots in the area.

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Tsunami effect still felt big in Kesennuma city

SENDAI, Japan - A tsunami-swept fishing boat in the Shishiori district of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen above on March 1, 2012, before its removal last year, while the temporary shopping area "Central Ishinomaki Revival Marche" in the background is being moved to prefab stores seen in the foreground in the photo below taken on Aug. 31, 2014, to raise the ground level of the area.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers pose with junior high-school students of tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" ring to the northeastern Japanese city on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers, including yokozuna Hakuho (3rd from R), mimic the pose of 19th-century grand champion Hidenoyama Raigoro depicted in a statue at Iwaisaki cape, which withstood the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011, before a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" sumo ring to the city government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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'Dohyo' sumo ring donated to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three and a half years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Emperor, empress visit fish market in northeastern Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to the crowd on July 24, 2014, at a fish market in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor, empress visit national park in quake-hit region

KESENNUMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Iwaizaki cape at a national park in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 23, 2014, during a tour to see progress in the region's recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor, empress visit Cape Iwaisaki

KESENNUMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Cape Iwaisaki in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The cape is located in Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park, which the government created in 2013 by expanding the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park along the Sanriku Coast following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Surfers compete in tsunami-hit Japan area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Surfers compete in an event held off the Koizumi beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 6, 2014, against the backdrop of a building damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Surfing competition held in tsunami-hit Japan area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Surfers practice before a competitive event held off the Koizumi beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 6, 2014, against the backdrop of a building damaged by the March 2011 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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People busy sorting bonito at Kesennuma port

KESENNUMA, Japan - Bonito are sorted at a port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014. Repair work on the quay wall was completed in May after it was severely damaged in the 2011 tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

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Seafood Expo Global in Brussels

SENDAI, Japan - The Seafood Expo Global trade fair is held in the Belgian capital of Brussels in May 2014. A group representing fishing and seafood processing industries from disaster-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, visited the site.

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Kesennuma fishery group visits trout factory in Norway

SENDAI, Japan - A group representing fishing and seafood processing industries from disaster-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, visits a highly mechanized trout processing factory in Alesund, Norway, in May 2014, during its European inspection tour.

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Kesennuma fishery group visits Norway trout factory

SENDAI, Japan - A group representing fishing and seafood processing industries from disaster-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, visits a highly mechanized trout processing factory in Alesund, Norway, in May 2014, during its European inspection tour.

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Kesennuma sushi body brings back "fukahire don"

KESENNUMA, Japan - "Fukahire don" -- a shark fin dish -- is seen in this undated photo. The Kesennuma sushi association in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, "resurrected" the popular dish on June 6, 2014, for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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"Fukahire don" sold again in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Sushi chefs in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are all smiles on June 6, 2014, as a popular dish called "fukahire don" -- shark fin dish -- was "resurrected" at 14 shops in the prefecture for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that severely hit northeastern Japan.

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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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Kites with reconstruction message fly in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Participants of "Kesennuma Tenbata Matsuri" (Kesennuma Kite Festival) fly kites with a message for reconstruction written on them at the school grounds of Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2014. Kesennuma Koyo High School was inundated by the 2011 tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit high school bld. likely to be preserved

TOKYO, Japan - The building of Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which was inundated to its fourth floor by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen in this file photo taken in August 2011. The city government on May 15, 2014, set its course toward preserving the building as a relic from the disaster.

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Intensive search for missing people in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteers and other people conduct an intensive search for clues to the whereabouts of the remains of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 11, 2014.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

SENDAI, Japan - City officials of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture watch a television broadcast of information about tsunami at an evacuation center past 5:30 a.m. on April 3, 2014. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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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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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the coast of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the disaster. The disaster killed 15,884 people -- many from drowning -- and another 2,633 people remained missing as of March 10, 2014, according to the National Police Agency.

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the coast of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the disaster. The disaster killed 15,884 people -- many from drowning -- and another 2,633 people remained missing as of March 10, 2014, according to the National Police Agency.

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Candles lit to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman and her grandchildren gaze at candles lit in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014, in memory of the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated the city and other parts of northeastern Japan.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011 (top), six days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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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.