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Volunteer guide recounts twin disaster of March 2011

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteer guide Shuji Yamamoto (R) recounts damage inflicted on the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, to visitors in December 2013.

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No-go zones in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The kitchen of a house in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, remains littered with utensils in the aftermath of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, in this photo taken in November 2013, about two and a half years after the disaster. The ceiling appears to have been damaged by a roof leak and there is evidence that rats have been in the kitchen. The quake and a subsequent massive tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Hot spring project in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A March 11, 2013, photo shows JR Sannomiya Station and Sannomiya Terminal Building in Kobe, western Japan. West Japan Railway Co. reportedly plans to dig a hot spring to build a spa facility as part of the redevelopment plan for the building.

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Duty to work led midwife to put others' safety 1st in tsunami

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013 shows part of a page of the business diary at maternity hospital Ikeno Clinic in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, where midwife Yukie Aoyama works as a chief nurse. Written in the section of March 11, 2011 were encircled characters meaning a big earthquake. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy gives speech

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy delivers a speech during a luncheon at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013, her first speech in the post in Tokyo. She is holding a present given to her by people affected by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake during her visit to the disaster-stricken region in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Jane Birkin honored for disaster relief effort

PARIS, France - Jane Birkin (R) poses for photos with Japanese Ambassador to France Yoichi Suzuki at the ambassador's official residence in Paris on Nov. 14, 2013. Japan presented this year's Foreign Minister's Commendation award to the French-based singer and actress for her efforts in promoting cultural exchange between Japan and France and for relief activities after the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster.

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Man Utd legend Charlton

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton stands at the stadium of the J-Village soccer facility in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013. Charlton named the J-Village more than 10 years ago. After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the facility turned it into an operational base to tackle the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (R back) are seen off by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at JR Koriyama Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to Koriyama in the prefecture to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L front) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) visit a facility that measures the radiation levels of produce in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako talk to children at an indoor playground in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako wave to people greeting them after their arrival in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Harvest moon over "miracle pine"

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 19, 2013, shows a harvest moon above the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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Court order over death of children in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Sendai District Court in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the court ordered a kindergarten in the prefecture, hit hard by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, to pay 177 million yen in damages over the deaths of four children in a school bus that was swamped by high waves. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a new residential area neighboring a large temporary housing complex in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2013, about two and a half years after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake.

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2 and a half years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Iwate prefectural police offer silent prayers before setting off on a search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

NAMIE, Japan - A police officer searches for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami on a beach in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami on a beach in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster. Exhaust stacks of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant can be seen in the background.

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2 and a half years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman prays for the souls of her family members who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami at a place where their house used to stand before being washed away in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster. Work began recently to dismantle a fishing boat (back) that has remained stranded after being carried there by the tsunami.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, with fire engines gathered to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on the beach about two and a half years later on Aug. 18, 2013 (bottom), after opening to the public for the summer season for the first time in three years.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Work has begun to add soil to areas where houses and commercial facilities are to be reconstructed.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area around Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Many pupils and teachers at the school were killed or became unaccounted for in the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). People still live in temporary housing units (R) on the school ground, where survivors wrote "SOS." (L).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yamada Bay in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). Oysters and scallops are cultured on rafts in array (latter).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 27, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and a restored pine at the same location about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (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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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The building (front in the former) for JR Rikuchu-Yamada Station is not in the latter.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Taro area of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Fishery facilities are seen built in the latter.

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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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Radioactive water dumped into river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an intake weir on the Iizaki River in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, in April 2013. JDC Corp., a medium-sized general contractor, discharged 340 tons of radiation-contaminated water into the river used for agricultural water, following the March 2011 nuclear disaster, JDC sources said on July 11, 2013.

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United Airlines Tokyo-Denver line

NARITA, Japan - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off from Narita airport near Tokyo for Denver on June 11, 2013. The U.S. airline inaugurated the line the same day, delayed from its originally scheduled March 31 launch following a series of battery problems involving the technologically advanced jet.

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United Airlines Tokyo-Denver line

NARITA, Japan - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines is about to take off from Narita airport near Tokyo for Denver on June 11, 2013. The U.S. airline inaugurated the line the same day, delayed from its originally scheduled March 31 launch following a series of battery problems involving the technologically advanced jet.

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Lessons from 2011 quake to create safer evacuation

KAMAISHI, Japan - Mikio Yamazaki, a district welfare commissioner in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, describes how he guided other residents toward evacuation shelters after the ground shook on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, at the former site of his shop in the city.

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Musharraf returns to Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - Police officers are deployed at Karachi airport on March 24, 2013, where former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in his return to Pakistan after four years of exile to take part in the general election scheduled for May 11, 2013.

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Musharraf returns to Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (C) arrives at Karachi airport on March 24, 2013. Musharraf returned to Pakistan after four years of exile to take part in the general election scheduled for May 11, 2013.

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Musharraf returns to Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf waves to supporters upon arrival at Karachi airport on March 24, 2013. Musharraf returned to Pakistan after four years of exile to take part in the general election scheduled for May 11, 2013.

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Electricity trouble occurs at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken March 11, 2013, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, with buildings housing reactor units No. 1 to 4 seen in the foreground (from R to L). TEPCO said March 18 a problem with electric power has occurred at the crippled nuclear power plant, leading to the suspension of the system to cool spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.

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Monument for eternal memory of tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yusaku Yoshida (L), a 16-year-old high school student in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, and Tadayoshi Oguni, deputy chief of the Ando district neighborhood association, stand in front of a wooden monument Yoshida erected on a hill there on March 11, 2013 to indefinitely remember the devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku exactly two years earlier.

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Obama's security advisor Donilon

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tom Donilon, U.S. President Barack Obama's national security advisor. Donilon said at the Asia Society in New York on March 11, 2013, that instead of further isolating itself with hostile rhetoric, Pyongyang should follow the lead of countries such as Myanmar to see how the United States can work with former diplomatic foes.

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London monument for Japan quake

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi (L) and Christopher Buckmaster, mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, shake hands behind a stone monument in Holland Park in London on March 11, 2013. The monument, inscribed with Japanese Emperor Akihito's words of gratitude for the British people for their assistance in the wake of the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, was unveiled the same day, the second anniversary of the disaster.

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Italy's Grillo

ROME, Italy - File photo shows Beppe Grillo, whose Five Star Movement placed third in Italy's inconclusive elections in February 2013. Grillo, in a telephone interview with Kyodo News on March 11, 2013, ruled out joining any alliance to form a new government, dashing hopes of breaking the post-election stalemate.

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Netherlands vs. Cuba in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Netherlands players celebrate as Andruw Jones (25) returns home for a walk-off after Kalian Sams drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round elimination game against Cuba at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 11, 2013. The Netherlands advanced to the World Baseball Classic final round with the 7-6 walk-off win over Cuba.

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Yu elected head of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - Senior Communist Party of China officials Yu Zhengsheng (L) and Jia Qinglin shake hands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2013. Yu was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, the same day, replacing Jia.

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Yu elected head of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - Photo shows senior Communist Party of China official Yu Zhengsheng in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2013. Yu was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, the same day, replacing Jia Qinglin.

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Japan's tsunami anniv. commemorated in Indonesia's Aceh

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Junior high school students form a kanji letter of the Japanese word ''kizuna,'' which means bonds or connections between people, during a ceremony in the village of Peukan Bada, near Indonesia's Aceh provincial capital Banda Aceh on March 11, 2013, to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Men, carrying shovels and pickaxes, head for a construction site in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 11, 2013.