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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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Folding screen picture drawn by Takehiko Inoue

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A folding screen picture drawn by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, titled "Shinran," the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, is shown to the press at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2011.

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Olympic torch in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan, March 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26.

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Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there.

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011.

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Former PM Kan on nuclear crisis

CANBERRA, Australia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) speaks at Australia's federal parliament building in Canberra on Aug. 26, 2014. Kan, who was Japan's prime minister at the time of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, called for the full disclosure of testimonies regarding the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Asakusa samba dancing team performs in Iwaki festival

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a samba dancing team from Tokyo's Asakusa district perform at a summer festival in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 26, 2014, to encourage local people affected by the March 11, 2011, disaster.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu holds up his gold medal during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves to fans from a car during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves to fans from a car during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - People gather to see Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - People gather to see Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves to fans from a car during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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'Manga' to teach danger of asbestos in quakes

KOBE, Japan - A young man and woman hold copies of a "manga" explanatory book created by Kobe University and Kyoto Seika University to teach the risks of being exposed to asbestos in the event of an earthquake at Kobe University in Kobe, western Japan, on March 26, 2014. Students from the universities have contributed to producing the book by interviewing people affected by the March 2011 earthquake in Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture in the summer of 2013.

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Students from 2011 disaster-hit schools in NY concert

NEW YORK, United States - Momoko Nakazawa (C) of Iwate Prefectural Miyako High School in Japan, one of the schools in the area damaged by the March 2011 disaster, offers thanks for the support for victims and for reconstruction work at a concert in New York on March 26, 2014.

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Japanese high school students sing in NY concert

NEW YORK, United State - Some 90 students of Japanese high schools in Fukushima, Iwate and Saitama prefectures sing with college students from the state of New Jersey during a concert in New York on March 26, 2014, to express gratitude for support for the area damaged by the March 2011 disaster, as well as their own support for the area.

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Scribbled reactor water levels at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Scribbled water levels, times at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor and corresponding times just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi figure skating winner Hanyu visits hometown mayor

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (L) receives a "shield of kudos" from Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama on Feb. 26, 2014, at the city hall for his achievement at the Winter Games in Russia. Hanyu's success lifted the spirits of many people in Sendai, his hometown, as well as other areas in northeastern Japan that were devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe.

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Event to thank U.S. for support after 3/11 disaster

NEW YORK, United States - "Morioka Sansa Odori," a traditional dance in Iwate Prefecture's Morioka City, is performed Aug. 26, 2013, at a reception held by the prefecture in New York to thank the United States for its help after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated northeastern Japan.

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Abe in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) presents a collection of thank you messages from residents of Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait City on Aug. 26, 2013. The messages were to thank Kuwait for assistance offered to a railway company in Iwate that suffered severe damage to its infrastructure in the March 2011 tsunami.

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Fukushima's last no-go zone designation lifted

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2013 shows a street in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted the no-go zone designation for the town on May 28, 2013, the last among areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, more than 26 months after the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tsunami memorial

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo on March 26, 2013, shows the former town hall of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by a tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa expressed an intention on March 27, 2013, to preserve part of the building as a memorial.

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Andrew Cole in Japan disaster area

SUKAGAWA, Japan - Former Manchester United player Andrew Cole holds a soccer clinic for children in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 26, 2013, to support areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Andrew Cole in Japan disaster area

SUKAGAWA, Japan - Former Manchester United player Andrew Cole holds a soccer clinic for children in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 26, 2013, to support areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Family separated by nuclear crisis

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yasuhiro Abe looks at family photos at his office in Fukushima City on Feb. 26, 2013. Abe lives alone in Fukushima for his work, separated from his family who live in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. His wife and son took refuge there in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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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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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2012, shows the Japan pavilion at the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition. The pavilion, which focuses on the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk, won the Golden Lion top prize on Aug. 29, 2012. The model of the "Home for All" can be seen in the center.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - People take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - A woman and her daughter take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders offer a moment of silence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, for the victims of the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Nago.

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ASEAN economic ministers visit quake-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - A group of economic ministers from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations visit Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on April 26, 2012. They toured areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami as part of a four-day ''ASEAN Road Show.''

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members pose for group photos after playing a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members play a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members play a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Comedian Neko to represent Cambodia at Olympic marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Hiroshi Neko, whose real name is Kuniaki Takizaki, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, following a decision by Cambodia's Olympic committee that he will represent Cambodia in the men's marathon in London Olympics this summer. Neko, 34, who was born in Japan's Chiba Prefecture, obtained Cambodian citizenship in October 2011 so he could have a shot at running in the event.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a town government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Dozens of municipal employees died at the building in the tsunami as it was designated as a facility to deal with disasters.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2008, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in October 2008 (top) before an accident following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom).

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Fukushima plant in 2000, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in December 2000 (top) before the crisis started there following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom). Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are seen from right to left.

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Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster, is pictured after completing the Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital on Feb. 26, 2012.

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Japanese actor Watanabe

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26, 2012. He gave a speech about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos the previous day.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. Its operator, Narita International Airport Corp., said Jan. 26, 2012, that the combined number of Japanese passengers using the airport for outbound and inbound international flights stood at about 1,276,000 in December, marking the first year-on-year rise after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.