SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces inspect a pontoon bridge they built across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces build a pontoon bridge across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shunsuke Goto, a Waseda University student, looks at the mouth of the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013, during a field survey commissioned by the Environment Ministry to choose a 700-kilometer natural path called "Tohoku Kaigan Trail." The selection of the coastal path from Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, to Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, is a core project for a Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park to be created by rebuilding natural parks damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

Tsunami-hit Kitakami River bank

Tsunami-hit Kitakami River bank

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 23, 2011, shows a bank of the Kitakami River that was devastated by a tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The area was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People cut reeds as high as 3 meters for roof thatching at the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, around 10 years after an earthquake-triggered tsunami that flooded the area. Reeds have begun to grow again in around 60 percent of a 180-hectare area thanks to replanting by volunteers.

10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People cut reeds as high as 3 meters for roof thatching at the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, around 10 years after an earthquake-triggered tsunami that flooded the area. Reeds have begun to grow again in around 60 percent of a 180-hectare area thanks to replanting by volunteers.

Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - The Ichi-Hasama River in a mountainous area in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, remains blocked on June 15 by landslides caused by the previous day's magnitude 7.2 earthquake. (Kyodo)

Tsunami-hit Kitakami River bank

Tsunami-hit Kitakami River bank

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 23, 2011, shows a bank of the Kitakami River that was devastated by a tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The area was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces inspect a pontoon bridge they built across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)