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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken from Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 10, 2026, a day before the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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Woman weeps before monument for March 2011 victims

SENDAI, Japan - A woman weeps before a monument listing the names of people killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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New cenotaph for March 2011 disaster victims unveiled

SENDAI, Japan - A veil is removed from a new cenotaph for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on a park hill built with debris from the catastrophe in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Sankei Shimbun, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Niigata Nippo, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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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

MIYAKO, 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 Miyako, Iwate 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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Concert in N.Y. on eve of quake anniversary

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken March 10, 2014, shows a joint concert by Japanese university students and U.S. music school students held in New York to commemorate the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Five university students from Fukushima Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 calamity, joined students of a public music school for children, along with members of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Candles lit to mourn victims of March 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Candles and electric lights illuminate the night in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2014, to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Message on Tokyo Tower to support 2011 disaster-hit area

TOKYO, Japan - A message of "Strong Bond" appears on the observation deck of Tokyo Tower on March 10, 2014, to support people in the area ravaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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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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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kazutaka Sato prays in front of a cenotaph at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved family members, including Sato, of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved families of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Tairausuiso area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees offer a silent prayer at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees sing the Japanese song "Furusato" (hometown) at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, that was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami goes on display in Newport, Oregon, on March 10, 2013. The pier washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Japanese Consul General in Portland Hirofumi Murabayashi (R) and former Newport Mayor Mark McConnell stand in front of part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, on March 10, 2013, the day the pier went on display in the Oregon city. The pier was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami and washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Memorial service for 2011 disaster victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A memorial service is held in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, for more than 1,500 residents who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the disaster.

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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the area around Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013, with the large cargo vessel having been removed.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

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Global leaders visit Sendai disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - (From R, front) International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima stand on the rooftop of an elementary school that survived destruction in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Arahama coastal district of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2012, during their visit to sites in disaster-hit areas.

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Flights resume to Shanghai from Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Passengers head for a boarding gate to get on a chartered plane for a flight to Shanghai at Fukushima airport on Sept. 10, 2012. It was the first international flight that departed there since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in March 2011.

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Flights resume to Shanghai from Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) speaks during a ceremony at Fukushima airport on Sept. 10, 2012, before a chartered plane departed there for Shanghai in the first international flight since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in March 2011.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly 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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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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Musician Yoshiki in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Yoshiki (R), leader of the Japanese rock band X Japan, takes part in an event in Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2012, to demonstrate thanks for support over the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Tsunami memorial service in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A memorial service for the victims of the March 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan is held at a church in New York on March 10, 2012.

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Tsunami memorial service in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A memorial service for the victims of the March 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan is held at a church in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 10, 2012.

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Japan, Taiwan charity baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Fans at the stand hold a message reading, ''Japan and Taiwan are friends forever,'' during a baseball charity game in Tokyo on March 10, 2012. The message expresses Japanese people's gratitude for Taiwanese people's support following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. Japan defeated Taiwan 9-2 in the charity match commemorating the disaster.

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Japan, Taiwan charity baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan (R) and Taiwan (L) teams pose for photos after a baseball charity game in Tokyo on March 10, 2012. Japan defeated Taiwan 9-2 in the charity match commemorating the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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Ishinomaki still inundated

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where land sank in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, remains inundated on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the disaster.

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Ishinomaki still inundated

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where land sank in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, remains inundated on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the disaster.

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Yamamoto soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 5, 2012 (bottom). The bath tub of a house, the rest of which was destroyed by the tsunami, remained.

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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Restoration work is under way as many gravestones remain tumbled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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11 months after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - Lights are lit at temporary housing units in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for people hit by the March 2011 quake as evening came down on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ravage of the March 2011 tsunami remains in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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11 months after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Burned cars are piled up and a large ship brought by the March 2011 tsunami remained ashore in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012.

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PM Noda in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) communicates with people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing site in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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PM Noda in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) on Jan. 10, 2012, inspects a cement plant in disaster-hit Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. Behind him is a pile of debris formed due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which is expected to be turned into raw materials for cement.

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Noda in disaster area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) visits temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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Women in New York sell Fukushima children's drawings for charity

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese singer songwriter AK (R) sells gift wrapping paper with Fukushima Prefecture children's drawings printed on it. The special wrapping paper was being sold at a charity campaign event in New York on Dec. 10, 2011, for survivors of the devastating March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.