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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

An exhibit shows the height of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three prefectures severely affected by the earthquake-tsunami disaster begins at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025.

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Coastal breakwater rebuilding in progress in north Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The severed coastal breakwater (L) in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2011, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region. Rebuilding of the breakwater in the same area (R) is in progress on Sept. 3, 2014.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), about a week after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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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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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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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 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 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013.

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Santa in quake-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Santa Claus, visiting from Finland, delivers presents on Dec. 19, 2012, to a group of children in a nursery school in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor, empress in quake-hit village

SAKAE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) visit the village government office of Sakae, Nagano Prefecture, on July 19, 2012. The village was hit by a strong earthquake a day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (R). Temporary housing units have been built on the ground of a junior high school (front).

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows an area inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, where around 100 police officers searched for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami the same day. The exhaust pipes of the power plant can be seen in the background.

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Japanese quake-hit youths visit Moscow school

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian students (back) cheer as Japanese students (front) sing ''The One and Only Flower in the World'' at a school in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost their relatives in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster visited the school to meet Russian youths. The Japanese from four high schools and two universities in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures were invited to Moscow's school No. 1535 by Russia's educational authorities on a goodwill program.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear power protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People attend an antinuclear power protest rally held at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011. The rally was the largest in the country since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps) including Kazuya Suzuki (3rd from R, front row) arrive at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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LED bulbs to quake-hit railways

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the famous calico cat also known as ''stationmaster,'' is pictured with light-emitting diode bulbs that features her in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2011. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. said the same day that it will donate 610 ''Tama bulbs'' to 10 northeastern Japan railway operators hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Toyota's revitalization plan for quake-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda announces plans to support the reconstruction of northeastern Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami during a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 19, 2011. He said the automaker aims to provide long-term support through expanding production and creating jobs in the region.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear power rally in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People march through the streets of Fukushima on June 19, 2011, calling for shutting down all nuclear power plants in Japan in the wake of the ongoing accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear power rally in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People march through the streets of Fukushima on June 19, 2011, calling for shutting down all nuclear power plants in Japan in the wake of the ongoing accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Hong Kong actor Tsang visits Japan

HONG KONG, China - Popular Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang talks to reporters at a Hong Kong airport on June 19, 2011, before his departure to Japan. Tsang is visiting Japan with a TV crew to promote the country as a safe destination, as the number of visitors from Hong Kong to Japan has dropped significantly in the wake of the nuclear accident following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. His two-week trip to Tokyo and the Kansai areas, western Japan, is scheduled to be aired in Hong Kong in the following month.

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Japan delegation at global travel summit

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japanese delegation head Atsutoshi Nishida (C) and vice head Mutsutake Otsuka (R) attend the Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on May 19, 2011. Nishida, chairman of Toshiba Corp., and Otsuka, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., asked leaders of global tourism industry to help Japanese tourism recovering from the March 11 disaster.

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Rikuchu Kaigan National Park

MIYAKO, Japan - A man (L) stands in front of Jodogahama beach on May 19, 2011, at Rikuchu Kaigan National Park in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Debris has been cleaned up by local residents and volunteer workers.

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Fishermen in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Members of a local fisheries association carry a log at Taro fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 19, 2011, as they clean up the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Iwaki students head for fishery training off Hawaii

IWAKI, Japan - Students of Iwaki Kaisei High School aboard the training ship Fukushima Maru leave Onahama Port in disaster-hit Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2011, for triannual fishery training in waters off Hawaii. The start of the first training round of the year was delayed for about three weeks due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan economy shrinks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 3.7 percent in the January-March quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of contraction.

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Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Levee broke at lake in Fukushima after March 11 quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2011, shows a broken levee (L) at Lake Fujinuma in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture. It was broken shortly after the March 11 earthquake and water from the dam swallowed a village near the lake, killing seven people. A 1-year-old boy remains missing.

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Japan embassy expresses appreciation to Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian opera singer Hibla Gerzmava (C) performs at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on April 19, 2011, during an event to thank Russia for its support to Japan after the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Rain falls in disaster area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A girl walks with an umbrella as rain falls on rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2011. Her father was a volunteer firefighter and died in rescue work after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Seven at the Ronald Reagan Strike Group, speaks in a press conference aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's skipper, Capt. Thom Burke, speaks in a press conference aboard the vessel at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Photos found in rubble

IWANUMA, Japan - A woman looks at photos on a wall of a facility in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 19, 2011. The facility opened the same day to display photos recovered from rubble in areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami so that they could be returned to their owners.

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Nissan president Ghosn at Shanghai auto show

SHANGHAI, China - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at the Auto Shanghai 2011 exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2011, which opened the same day. Ghosn expressed gratitude over China's support over the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Toyota president Toyoda at Shanghai auto show

SHANGHAI, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at the Auto Shanghai 2011 exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2011, which opened the same day. Toyoda expressed gratitude for China's support over the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Researvists wrap up disaster duties

FUKUOKA, Japan - A unit of reservists from the Kyushu and Okinawa areas attend a ceremony at a garrison of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 19, 2011, to mark the disbandment of the unit dispatched to northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami. A total of 126 reservists from the Kyushu and Okinawa areas took part in search operation and relief activities.

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Recovery efforts in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - People check heaps of waste on April 19, 2011, in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which have been gathered along a riverbank after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Foreign teachers engage in volunteer work at shelter

TANOHATA, Japan - Two Americans and a Briton -- Victor Kochaphum (L), Kevin Blake (2nd from R) and Paul Dixon (R) -- clean up the kitchen at an evacuation center in the quake-hit village of Tanohata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011. The three assistant English teachers have been helping out at the evacuation center, where some of their students are staying, despite their families' request to return to their home countries in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck the region March 11.

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Publisher apologizes over sensational magazine cover

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the cover of the March 28 issue of the weekly magazine AERA with the headline ''Radiation is coming,'' which hit store shelves on March 19, 2011. The publisher, Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., apologized on its website and twitter account after receiving complaints that the cover fans public fears following an accident at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

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Ichiro at spring training

PEORIA, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki takes part in a fielding practice during spring training on March 19, 2011, in Peoria, Arizona.

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Nishioka against Rays

LEE COUNTY, United States - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka hits a run-scoring double during the third inning of an exhibition game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Lee County, Florida, on March 19, 2011. Nishioka went one-for-three as the team won 9-2.