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Cycling event in tsunami-hit region

Tour de Tohoku competitors ride in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024. The annual cycling event aims to support recovery from the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region in March 2011.

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Cycling event in tsunami-hit region

Tour de Tohoku competitors start their race in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024. The annual cycling event aims to support recovery from the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region in March 2011.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2011 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) playing the piano at a poetry reading event for Fukushima Prefecture after it was hit by the huge March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Disaster-hit Route 6 stretch in Fukushima opened to traffic

TOMIOKA, Japan - A police vehicle heads out on patrol on Sept. 15, 2014, on a closed stretch of National Route 6 running north to south along the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after being opened to traffic for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Tsunami-hit high school bld. likely to be preserved

TOKYO, Japan - The building of Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which was inundated to its fourth floor by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen in this file photo taken in August 2011. The city government on May 15, 2014, set its course toward preserving the building as a relic from the disaster.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Iwaki, Fukushima Pref.

IWAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visits a support facility for children, affected by the March 11, 2011, disaster, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2014.

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Tsunami-hit town's uphill race as evacuation reminder

SENDAI, Japan - Dai Suzuki (R) outsprints to win an uphill race in his hometown of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2014, for the second consecutive year. The race is held as a reminder of the importance to flee to higher ground in the event of an earthquake and possible tsunami after the town in northeastern Japan was devastated in the March 2011 quake and tsunami disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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2014 calendar

MORIOKA, Japan - Hitoshi Oita, a businessman in Morioka, Japan, shows the 2014 Iwate Sanriku Calendar that he planned. It features people in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture. Photo was taken Nov. 15, 2013.

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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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Teacher vows not to let students die from disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiro Sato (L), a teacher at Onagawa Daiichi Junior High School in the coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, tells students at his school to come up with their own words as a "3.11 message" during an assembly for disaster prevention education on Feb. 15, 2013. Sato believes that not to forget what happened in the quake-tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011, is the best disaster prevention.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (L) and Kaito Tauchi (R), both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, hold seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. They delivered the seeds on their classmates' behalf to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (R), along with Kaito Tauchi (C), hands a panel expressing thoughts on the Anglo-Japanese friendship to a staff member of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. The two, both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, delivered on their classmates' behalf seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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Japanese join beach cleaning in U.S. West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Members of a Japanese family join beach cleaning activities in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2012. Significant amounts of debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan have washed up on U.S. West Coast beaches.

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Japan, U.S. students in quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Japanese and U.S. high school students exchange ideas on July 15, 2012, about how they can help reconstruction following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a northeastern Japanese city hit hard by the disaster.

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Shimada city to accept disaster debris

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Katsuro Sakurai, mayor of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, announces the city's decision to accept debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture during a press conference at the city hall on March 15, 2012. Shimada will become the second municipality outside the Tohoku region, following Tokyo, to do so.

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Shimada city to accept disaster debris

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The municipal assembly of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, passes a resolution March 15, 2012, calling for the acceptance of debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture to support the reconstruction of the region. Shimada will become the second municipality outside the Tohoku region, following Tokyo, to do so.

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Former Prime Minister Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Kan verbally lashed Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials shortly after the hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, ordering them to contain the crisis at all costs, company records showed March 15, 2012. ''It doesn't matter if the company executives aged around 60 die at the accident site. I'm going, too,'' Kan is quoted as saying, during his visit to TEPCO's headquarters in the early hours of March 15, 2011.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which a fishing boat brought ashore by the tsunami has not yet been removed.

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 6, 2012 (bottom).

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Panoramic photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 6, 2012 (bottom).

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, which was on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The whiteboard displays notes on radiation levels. On the left is a terminal of the System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information, or SPEEDI.

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012. The office had been abandoned on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Notes left on the whiteboards, including the word ''explosion,'' show the crisis environment at the time the facility was abandoned.

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Abandoned emergency center

OKUMA, Japan - The Japanese government's nuclear accident task force shows the press its emergency office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012. The office had been abandoned on March 15, 2011, following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Notes left on the whiteboards, including the word ''explosion,'' show the crisis environment at the time the facility was abandoned.

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Olympus to hold shareholders' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011. He said the company, which is mired in a financial loss coverup scandal, plans to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting in March or April 2012.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held Nov. 15, 2011, to open a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The facility was built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day.

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Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries.

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Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos of an area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 4 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has been cleared away and green grass has covered the land.

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Remnants of March tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People on Aug. 15, 2011, visit to see a pine tree which survived the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The landmark tree has been attracting visitors during the summer holiday season.

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Junior DPJ lawmakers' rally

TOKYO, Japan - Junior lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a rally calling for the immediate resignation of party leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, expressing their discontent over his handling of reconstruction efforts after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ongoing nuclear crisis. Seats remained vacant as the number of participants fell short of expectations.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Chinese students send condolence gifts to quake-hit Japanese school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese elementary school students (left side) from Chiba Prefecture, affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, receive condolence gifts on July 15, 2011 at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, from Chinese students living in Sichuan, devastated by an earthquake in May 2008. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua stands on the right front.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch a walrus in a swimming tank at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch schools of fish at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - Combination photo shows items found on the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, that were apparently swept into the waters by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, on June 15, 2011. (From top left, clockwise) A videogame, stove, CD, signboard, shoe, electric saw.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver retrieves ropes and fishing equipment which were swept into the sea by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, from the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver is enveloped in a cloud of dirt as he retrieves rubble from the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Tsunami-devastated area in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2011, shows an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, some three months after it was destroyed by the March 11 massive tsunami. Of the more than 7,700 people still missing in northeastern Japan since the disaster, 2,770 have been reported in Ishinomaki, the city with the most missing people.

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Fukushima gov. in no-entry zone

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and others wearing radiation protection suits offer prayers in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011, for the victims of the March 11 tsunami. The governor entered the village, located in a designated no-entry zone covering areas within 20 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, for the first time to offer prayers and encourage workers engaged in searching for the missing.

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Antinuclear rally in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Protesters holding signs reading ''We don't need nuclear power,'' rally in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 400 people took part in the demonstration amid the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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March on anniv. of 1972 reversion of Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters opposed to the hosting of U.S. military bases in Okinawa march in front of a gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 3,000 people took part in the annual march the same day, which marked the 39th anniversary of the 1972 reversion of the prefecture from the United States to Japan.

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Antinuclear rally in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Protesters opposed to nuclear power rally in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 400 people took part in the demonstration amid the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Oil producing states offer aid to disaster-hit Japan

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Men look at a photo exhibit on the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan at an exposition site in a suburb of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2011. Japan has received a series of aid offers, including donations of oil and liquefied petroleum gas, from countries with a coastline on the Persian Gulf since the disaster.

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Tunisian Street in tsunami-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 15, 2011, shows the street sign for ''Tunisian Street'' in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The North African country and the coastal town, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, have over the past two decades developed a strong bond, albeit an unusual one in being between a country and a small town.

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Tunisians support tsunami survivors

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Tunisian Embassy in Tokyo serve traditional Tunisian cuisine in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 15, 2011, for the survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Cherry blossoms in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Cherry blossoms flower in a park on April 15, 2011, in Fukushima Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.