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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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Olympus returns to black in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Sasa, president of Olympus Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2013, to release the company's earnings for fiscal 2012. Olympus said it returned to the black in the year ended March 31, 2013, with a group net profit of 8.02 billion yen, compared with a loss of 48.99 billion yen in the previous year, due partly to an improvement in its medical business.

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Monju reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided on May 15, 2013, to issue an order effectively prohibiting the reactor from restarting, noting a series of problems with safety management.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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London's Olympic Park undergoing transformation

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken March 15, 2013, shows work taking place around the Olympic Stadium at London's Olympic Park. Plans have been made to construct new residential areas, a park and offices at the site of the 2012 Summer Games.

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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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1st post-quake S. Korean tour group to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean tourists are served fruit after arriving at Fukushima Airport on Sept. 15, 2012, aboard a chartered flight. They are members of the first group of South Korean tourists to use the airport since the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March that year.

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1st post-quake S. Korean tour group to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean tourists arrive at Fukushima Airport on Sept. 15, 2012, aboard a chartered flight. They are members of the first group of South Korean tourists to use the airport since the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March that year.

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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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AUM doomsday cult

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows followers of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult meditating at the cult's headquarters in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM member wanted over the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, on June 15, 2012, after he had been on the run for 17 years.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

New York, United States - Yuko Takahashi, artistic director and choreographer of Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is pictured in New York on May 15, 2012. The modern ballet troupe from the city, which was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, held a charity performance on May 17 in New York.

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Ex-BOJ chief Mieno dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows former Bank of Japan Governor Yasushi Mieno. Mieno, known for his uncompromising fight against the economic bubble, died of cardiac arrest at a Tokyo hospital on April 15, 2012, his family said April 18. He was 88.

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Red Sox manager

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine (2nd from R) gives instructions at the team's training in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 15, 2012.

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Chongqing after Bo dismissal

CHONGQING, China - A notice on a signboard, dated March 15, 2012, asks people to keep quiet at a square in Chongqing, China, on March 18.

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Japan protests U.S. paper ads

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows full-page opinion ads in the March 1, 2012, edition of The New York Times, apparently claiming South Korean sovereignty over disputed islets under the pretext of tourism promotion. The Japanese Consulate General in New York said on March 15, 2012, that Japan has lodged a protest with the U.S. paper. The ads used the Korean name Dokdo for the Takeshima Islands, South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan in the Sea of Japan.

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'Cool Japan' event in India

MUMBAI, India - A preview of ''Rising Star,'' an Indian version of the popular Japanese baseball animation ''Kyojin no Hoshi'' (Star of the Giants), is screened as a ''Cool Japan'' festival began in Mumbai, India, on March 15, 2012.

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'Cool Japan' event in India

MUMBAI, India - Visitors examine products as a ''Cool Japan'' festival began in Mumbai, India, on March 15, 2012.

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Cherry blossoms in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Cherry blossoms begin to bloom in Washington on March 15, 2012, against the background of the statue of Martin Luther King unveiled the previous year.

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Uniqlo new flagship store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 15, 2012, shows the first floor of the Uniqlo casual clothing brand's new flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district, which will open the following day.

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eAccess launches LTE high-speed wireless service

TOKYO, Japan - Sachio Semmoto (C left), chairman of eAccess Ltd., and Tomomi Itano (C right), a member of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, promote the company's new high-speed wireless service at an event in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 15, 2012, as the mobile phone carrier launched the new service the same day.

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Uniqlo's Yanai

TOKYO, Japan - Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference on March 15, 2012, at its Uniqlo casual clothing brand's new flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district, which will open the following day.

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Commander of U.S. Forces Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Burton Field, the commander of U.S. Forces Japan, gives a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 15, 2012.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Catcher Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Abe and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Tatsunori Hara, manager of the Yomiuri Giants, arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Hakuho beats Gagamaru

OSAKA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) throws down Georgian komusubi Gagamaru on March 15, 2012, the fifth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka. The Mongolian yokozuna remained undefeated.

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African wrestler at sumo rank

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi stands on the ring at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka City on March 15, 2012, as the Japan Sumo Association announced that he will ascend to sumo's jonokuchi rank in the upcoming tournament in May 2012. He made his debuted two days earlier as an unofficially ranked wrestler, becoming sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent.

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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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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Takahashi and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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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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S. Korean police vow tight security for nuclear summit

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean police officer demonstrates his skill during a security drill in Seoul on Feb. 15, 2012, ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit in the city slated for March 26 to 27, 2012.

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Antiterror drill by S. Korean police for nuclear summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean police conduct an antiterrorism drill in Seoul on Feb. 15, 2012, in preparation for the Nuclear Security Summit in the city slated for March 26 to 27, 2012.

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Mental care center for people affected by March 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (L), deputy governor of Iwate Prefecture, and Iwate Medical University President Akira Ogawa raise a signboard for a mental and emotional care facility for people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. The facility, set up in the university the same day, is intended to provide free counseling and other services.

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JAL holds photo exhibition at Beijing airport

BEIJING, China - Japan Airlines Co. opens a photo exhibition showing the ties between Japan and China at Beijing international airport on Feb. 15, 2012, as the countries mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral relations this year. The exhibition, including photographs of areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, is scheduled to run through March 31, 2012.

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Geiko in Kyoto prepare for spring performance

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko including young apprentices called maiko attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 15, 2012. They had a fitting session the same day for their upcoming ''Kitano Odori'' (Kitano Dance) performances from March 25 to April 7, 2012.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler to debut in March

TOKYO, Japan - Abdelrahman Shaalan practices at the Otake stable in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 15, 2012. The 19-year-old Egyptian, the first African to enter the sumo world, will make his debut at the March tournament in Osaka.

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Griffey coaches children in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former major leaguer Ken Griffey Jr. watches children practice during a baseball clinic in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. Griffey held the event with Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge for children including ones from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, an area greatly affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Griffey coaches children in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former major leaguer Ken Griffey Jr. demonstrates batting during a baseball clinic in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. Griffey held the event with Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge for children including ones from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, an area greatly affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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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.