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PM Abe visits fisheries promotion center in Miyagi

SHICHIGAHAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) visits a fisheries promotion center on July 16, 2014, in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at charity concert in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a charity concert held at Tokyo Opera City in Tokyo on March 16, 2014, to support the reconstruction of the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. (Pool photo)

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), five days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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Wedding at hotel rebuilt after March 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Bridegroom Takuro Konno and bride Ayae march down the aisle during their wedding ceremony at Capital Hotel 1000, reconstructed on a hill after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentaka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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Disaster-hit student athletes head to Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Japanese junior high school athletes from regions devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami pose for photos on Feb. 16, 2014, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, prior to their departure on a weeklong study tour to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Officials (C) from the Cabinet Office lock fences on a road leading to the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, past midnight of July 16, 2012. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Grass is being cut in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, with a dosimeter (front) showing radiation levels of more than nine microsieverts per hour, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Workers decontaminate farmland in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Residents of Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture, visit their ancestors' graves in the village's Nagadoro district on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides, including Yukiei Hakozaki (L), enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Parents and their son have fun at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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

NEW YORK, United States - Members of modern ballet troupe Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, a city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, perform at a charity show in New York on May 16, 2012.

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Onagawa soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (bottom).

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Fluid removed from emperor's chest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor underwent a procedure on March 7, 2012, to remove fluid from his chest that had accumulated since his heart bypass surgery in the previous month, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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City in Shizuoka begins trial burning of debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) examines debris with a dosimeter in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2012. Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu (C) and Shimada Mayor Katsuro Sakurai are beside him. Shimada began the same day a trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that it has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation.

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Korean actor Lee delivers message for kids in quake-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun (R) receives a letter of gratitude from Ken Hayami (L), executive director of the Japan Committee for UNICEF, in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, for assistance and donations it has received from South Korea after the March quake and tsunami in Japan. Lee, a special representative for the Korean Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund, delivered a message at UNICEF House in Tokyo's Minato Ward expressing his support for children living in areas hit by the disaster.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photos of an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 16, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris of buildings demolished by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been removed.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.

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S. Korean tourism minister in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choung Byoung Gug (L) talks with a woman at a temporary housing unit for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - People perform ''Suzume Odori'' (sparrow dance) of the Sendai area during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers of the Hanagasa Festival of Yamagata Prefecture leave an area at Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival, as they were not able to finish their scheduled performance because of the overflowing crowd. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Drummers and dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Nebuta float (front) from Aomori Prefecture and ''Kanto'' lanterns (back) from Akita Prefecture are exhibited at the Sendai city office in Miyagi Prefecture on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese director stages mime in Tehran to help quake victims

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian actors perform a mime, directed by Japan's Izumi Ashizawa and based on Avesta, an ancient Persian scripture of Iran's indigenous religion Zoroastrianism, in Tehran on June 16, 2011, during a show to raise money for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japanese director stages mime in Tehran to help quake victims

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian actors perform a mime, directed by Japan's Izumi Ashizawa and based on Avesta, an ancient Persian scripture of Iran's indigenous religion Zoroastrianism, in Tehran on June 16, 2011, during a show to raise money for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Clock at quake-hit station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken June 16, 2011, shows the inside of JR Shishiorikarakuwa Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. when the powerful earthquake jolted the area.

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Honda's Fit Shuttle

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands beside the Fit Shuttle, the automaker's new compact wagon model, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2011. The Fit Shuttle, the first new model to be launched by Honda since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, hit the market the same day.

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Stranded ship carried to port

KESENNUMA, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami is carried to a port on a wheeled platform in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.

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Stranded ship carried to port

KESENNUMA, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami is carried to a port on a wheeled platform in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.

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Search for quake, tsunami victims continues

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.

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Lunar eclipse in tsunami-hit area

SOMA, Japan - A partial lunar eclipse, covered by clouds, is observed at a fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in the early hours of June 16, 2011, some three months after the area was devastated by the March 11 tsunami. The fishing boat shown in the front was washed ashore due to the disaster.

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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah, an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, throws flowers into the ocean from a boat on May 16, 2011, in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot in Miyagi Prefecture hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to commemorate victims of the disaster.

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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah (C), an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, and others pray for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on May 16, 2011, on a boat in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture.

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Large ship offered as shelter for evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 14,500-ton Techno Super Liner cargo-passenger ship docking at Ishinomaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, 2011. About 2,400 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the city are expected to stay on the ship for free from the following day through May 31, 2011.

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Flooded road in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman walks on a high tide flooded road on April 16, 2011, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Postman in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - A mailman rides on a motorcycle on April 16, 2011, in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Qauke aftermath in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces salute in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 16, 2011, before the body of a victim of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami is driven away.

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Peru election

LIMA, Peru - Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori speaks in a Lima suburb on March 16, 2011.

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Peru election

LIMA, Peru - Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori speaks in a Lima suburb on March 16, 2011.

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Destroyed levee in Iwate

MIYAKO, Japan - Photo taken on March 16, 2011, shows a coastal levee damaged by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.

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Troubled Fukushima plant revives Three Mile Island memories

CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania - Resident Debbie Davenport, 68, speaks about the 1979 Three Mile Island accident during an interview at a Camp Hill cafe in Pennsylvania on March 16, 2011.

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Troubled Fukushima plant revives Three Mile Island memories

CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania - Photo taken March 16, 2011, shows Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant, in central Pennsylvania (Far Back) from Goldsboro.

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Tsunami aftermath in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Ships lie stranded in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Quake aftermath on Oshima island

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 16, 2011, shows a scene of devastation on Oshima island, Kesennuma city, Miyagi Prefecture, following an earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.