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Search for missing victims of March disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A firefighter searches for remains of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a fishing port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2011. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the disaster is seen in the background.

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Search for missing victims of March disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A police officer of the Fukushima prefectural police searches for remains of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a fishing port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2011. A police helicopter takes part in the operation from the sky.

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5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

MINAMISOMA, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - Photo taken in the northeastern Japan city of Minamisoma shows a flower bouquet thrown into the ocean to commemorate victims of the March 2011 disaster on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary. The disaster has left more than 18,000 people dead or missing and triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A police officer keeps watch on the sea at a fishing port in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, at 5:24 a.m. on April 3, 2014, after a tsunami alert was issued. 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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Family separated by nuclear crisis

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yasuhiro Abe keeps on hand a family photo taken in March 2011 after he evacuated from his home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, together with his wife and son following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. For work, Abe lives alone in Fukushima City, separated from his wife and son, who live in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. Photo taken in Fukushima City on Feb. 26, 2013.

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Disaster relief robot

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A man wearing a robotic suit carries items in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2012, during demonstrations of robots to be used for rescue and debris removal in cases of disaster.

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Solar eclipse

MINAMISOMA, Japan - An annular solar eclipse is observed at a junior high school in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, in a photo taken through a dark filter at 7:39 a.m. on May 21, 2012. Part of the ring looks like beads due to unevenness of the moon surface in the Baily's beads phenomenon.

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Roos, Son, Sakurai meet Fukushima students

MINAMISOMA, Japan - (From R front) U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, Masayoshi Son, chairman of Softbank Corp., and Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, pose for photos with local senior high school students in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 29, 2012. Roos and Son visited the school to encourage students following the March 2011 quake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.

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Radiation decontamination experiment in Fukushima Pref.

MINAMISOMA, Japan - An experiment is conducted to remove radioactive substances from agricultural water using rice husks at a paddy field in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2011. The prefectural government, which has been searching for effective radiation decontamination methods after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, started the experiment the same day.

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Free rental dosimeters for pregnant women

MINAMISOMA, Japan - The city government of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2011, started a free rental service offering watch-type radiation dosimeters for pregnant women in the city. The city is located in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Tsunami-hit Haramachi thermal power plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, shows a coal unloader damaged by the March 11 tsunami at the Haramachi thermal power plant, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Gov't designates new 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A woman is pictured in the garden of her home in Takanokura in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 21, 2011. The government the same day newly designated 59 households in Takanokura and three other areas in Minamisoma, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as located in ''hot spots'' recommended for evacuation. The woman told Kyodo News she was at a loss as to whether she should evacuate because she has been living there for decades.

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Measuring radiation levels in straw

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A local official measures radiation levels in straw at a cattle farm in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 13, 2011. A cattle farm in Asakawa in the same prefecture shipped 42 cows to Tokyo and other places after feeding them with straw containing high levels of radioactive cesium, the prefectural government said July 14.

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Radiation screenings of straw

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A Fukushima prefectural official conducts radiation screenings of straw at a farm in Minamisoma, a city near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, on July 13, 2011. Six cows whose meat was found contaminated with radioactive cesium ate straw stored outdoor after the accident at the power plant.

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Cesium contamination in beef

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A cow is fed straw in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 12, 2011, after the prefectural government said straw posed no problem as animal feed. Beef of several cows shipped from the area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was recently found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium. Some believe the cows had eaten straw saturated with cesium released by the power station.

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Nuke evacuees head home

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Evacuees in radiation protection suits from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, board a bus in Minamisoma, Fukushima, to visit their town on May 27, 2011. Many of the residents, who were forced to evacuate due to radiation leaks from the plant after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, have lost their homes in the tsunami and are making the visit to offer prayers to the victims of the disaster, rather than to go home to retrieve personal belongings.

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Nuclear evacuees briefly return home

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Evacuees from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, put on radiation protection suits to prepare for a brief visit to their town on May 26, 2011, in Minamisoma, Fukushima. Many of the residents in the town, who were forced to evacuate due to radiation leaks from the plant, will use their visits for a memorial service there for the victims of the March 11 tsunami, instead of going home to retrieve their belongings, as they have lost their homes in the disaster.

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Disaster-hit Haramachi Thermal Power Station

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A woman walks in front of a tank destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the Haramachi Thermal Power Station, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 6, 2011.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A couple who lost their son in the March 11, 2011, tsunami look up at carp streamers flying in the air on April 28 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to find their son soon. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Dog in deserted town near Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A dog wearing a collar walks on an empty road in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 25, 2011, after the evacuation of residents due to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The government has restricted access to areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant.

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Abandoned Fukushima livestock to be culled

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Local officials in protective outfits prepare to enter the no-entry zone set by the central government, within the radius of 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 25, 2011, to assess the conditions of the livestock and poultry there. The prefectural government has decided to cull animals and birds which are dying without food and water after evacuation of the residents.

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Samurai festival in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Performers wearing samurai armor on horseback vie for a red flag (C, top) in the Shinki (God flag) Sodatsusen battle during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24, 2010. About 38,000 spectators were treated to the show.

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Samurai festival in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Performers wearing samurai armor on horseback run in the Katchu Keiba race during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24, 2010. About 38,000 spectators were treated to the show.

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Samurai festival in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Performers wearing samurai armor on horseback run in the Katchu Keiba race during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24, 2010. About 38,000 spectators were treated to the show.

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Samurai festival in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Performers wearing samurai armor on horseback run in the Katchu Keiba race during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24, 2010. About 38,000 spectators were treated to the show.

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Armored men compete in flag-catching game in Fukushima festival

MINAMISOMA, Japan - An armored man (C) on horseback successfully catches a blue flag, one of the three flags scattered from fireworks in a flag-catching game during the three-day traditional Soma Nomaoi Festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24.