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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team, lights the Tokyo Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Dancers from Japan's quake-ravaged regions on stage at Milan expo

MILAN, July 25 Kyodo - Dancers and drummers from Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, areas devastated by the major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, perform the traditional "Sansa Odori" dance on the stage of the Milan expo's Japan Pavilion in Milan, Italy, on July 24, 2015, expressing gratitude to visitors for support given in post-quake reconstruction.

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Driving school ordered to pay damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (2nd from L) who sought damages from a driving school over the deaths of 25 students and a part-time employee in the March 2011 disaster meets with reporters in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Jan. 13, 2015. The Sendai District Court ordered the school to pay 1.9 billion yen to relatives of the victims, ruling it could have predicted the arrival of a tsunami after a massive earthquake hit.

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Irish chorus group to tour disaster-hit areas in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Irish chorus group Anuna, led by artistic director and composer Michael McGlynn (front), sing in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, before their concert tour to Fukushima and Iwate prefectures, northeastern Japan, that were hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and to the central prefecture of Nagano, hit by the eruption of Mt. Ontake in September and a major earthquake in November. The group is scheduled to perform in other parts of Japan as well.

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Akie Abe questions Tohoku seawall plan in N.Y. speech

NEW YORK, United States - Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a keynote speech during a disaster prevention symposium at the Ford Foundation in New York on Sept. 25, 2014. The first lady questioned a plan to build high seawalls in the northeastern Japan areas impacted by the devastating March 2011 tsunami.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, visits Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Children plant 'miracle' rice seedlings

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Elementary school students in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, on May 25, 2014, plant rice seedlings cultivated from the seeds of rice plants that were growing in the debris from the March 2011 tsunami disaster in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf (holding microphone), an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf, an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara, 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (3rd from R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara (2nd from L), 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits with their family members in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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Fukushima fishermen's concerns over marine products

IWAKI, Japan - Boats dock in Onahama port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. Since the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex began to spew radioactive contamination in March 2011, local fishermen have been facing hardship as they try to erase consumers' safety concerns over their marine products.

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Rakuten Eagles' foreign players visit tsunami-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - The Rakuten Eagles' new foreign players, including Kevin Youkilis (2nd from R), stand in front of a monument in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at the former Yuriage Junior High School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2014.

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Model of Onagawa Station designed by Pritzker winner Ban

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on March 25, 2014 shows a model of East Japan Railway Co.'s new Onagawa Station in Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, winner of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The northeastern Japan town was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ishinomaki Rainbow House for 2011 disaster orphans

SENDAI, Japan - Ishinomaki Rainbow House, a support facility for children who lost their parents in the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, is pictured in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. A completion ceremony was held on the same day.

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Train with interior resembling old folk house

MORIOKA, Japan - Sanriku Railway Co. shows on March 25, 2014, its new train called "Sanriku Hamakaze," which has an interior designed to resemble an old folk house, in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. The train will be used starting April 6 when all of the railway's lines will be back in operation after services were partially suspended following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Interior of train resembling old folk house

MORIOKA, Japan - Sanriku Railway Co. shows on March 25, 2014, the interior of its new train called "Sanriku Hamakaze," which is designed to resemble an old folk house, in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. The train will enter service on April 6 when all of the railway's lines will be back in operation after services were partially suspended following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remain deserted on Feb. 25, 2014. At the school, 84 students, teachers and staff members died in the March 2011 tsunami. There has not been any discussion on whether to preserve or demolish the school building (Photo taken in long exposure mode with fisheye lens).

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako enjoy folklore show

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako stand as they arrive at the National Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014, to appreciate traditional songs and dances from Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. The event was held to support rehabilitation efforts in the prefectures, which suffered serious damage from the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami.

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako enjoy folklore show

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the National Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014, to appreciate traditional songs and dances from Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which suffered serious damage from the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami. The event was held to support reconstruction efforts in the prefectures.

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) reads "Where the Wild Things Are," a classic children's picture book, to students at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with a woman at a temporary housing facility in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) tries her hand at Japanese calligraphy with the help of a student at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) shakes hands with students at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) smiles as students raise their hands to ask her questions at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shows the Japanese character for "tomo," meaning friend, which she wrote with the help of a student (standing next to her), at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) waves to students as she arrives at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013.

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from R) waves to students as she arrives at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013.

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Blackout finally over in tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shigeo Ogawa (R) and his wife Miyoko smile as they turn on the light at their home in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2013, as electricity is restored in the last areas of Ishinomaki that had remained without power since the March 2011 tsunami. According to the local power company, the blackout stemming from the disaster has ended except in areas of Fukushima Prefecture designated as evacuation zones due to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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Court nullifies sumo body's dismissal of ex-wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Sokokurai (front) is surrounded by fans in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 25, 2013, after the court ruled earlier in the day that the Japan Sumo Association's dismissal of Sokokurai of the top-tier makuuchi division in 2011 over match fixing was invalid. The 29-year-old Chinese-born former maegashira, whose real name is Enhetubuxin, had demanded to be reinstated as a wrestler after he was sacked by the JSA in April 2011 for refusing to retire over his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

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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.

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Messi's golden foot

TOKYO, Japan - Rodrigo Messi, brother of Argentina soccer star Lionel Messi, holds a pure gold cast of Lionel Messi's "golden" left foot during an event in Tokyo on March 6, 2013. Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. is selling the 25-kilogram figure for 486.5 million yen, planning to donate part of the profit to areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake through the Leo Messi Foundation.

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Antinuclear demonstration in Paris

PARIS, France - French people demonstrate in central Paris on March 5, 2013, for the abolition of nuclear power. Some 25 conservation groups in France are scheduled to jointly demonstrate in Paris on March 9 ahead of the March 11 anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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9/11 group gives monument to Japanese city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2012, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, shows a monument (front) in the shape of a crane, with a wing span of 80 centimeters, made from debris of the World Trade Center, which collapsed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. An association of bereaved families of victims of the attacks donated the monument the same day to the city as a symbol of its recovery efforts from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Samba carnival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Women dance a samba during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Aug. 25, 2012. Tokyo Sky Tree tower is visible in the background. The annual samba carnival was cancelled the previous year due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Samba carnival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Women dance a samba during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Aug. 25, 2012. Tokyo Sky Tree tower is visible in the background. The annual samba carnival was cancelled the previous year due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Samba carnival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Women dance a samba during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Aug. 25, 2012. The Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple can be seen in the background to the left. The annual samba carnival was cancelled the previous year due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

OBAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor building (right) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on July 25, 2012. The reactor, which is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, started full-capacity power generation early on July 25 to ease electricity shortages in western Japan. The building housing the No. 3 reactor, the first to resume operation, is seen to the left.

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Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

OBAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor building (front) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on July 25, 2012. The reactor, which is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, started full-capacity power generation early on July 25 to ease electricity shortages in western Japan. The building housing the No. 3 reactor, the first to resume operation, is seen in the back.

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Hotel worker from tsunami-hit Japan city runs with Olympic torch

MORLEY, Britain - Sadaharu Mishina (C) runs with the Olympic torch in Morley, a town near Leeds in England, on June 25, 2012, as an official torchbearer ahead of the upcoming London Olympics. Mishina is a hotel worker from Sendai, a Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.