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Dancers from Japan's quake-ravaged regions on stage at Milan expo

MILAN, July 25 Kyodo - Dancers and drummers from Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, areas devastated by the major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, perform the traditional "Sansa Odori" dance on the stage of the Milan expo's Japan Pavilion in Milan, Italy, on July 24, 2015, expressing gratitude to visitors for support given in post-quake reconstruction.

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Tsunami-destroyed railway station to be restored

SENDAI, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s Rikuchu-Yamada Station on the Yamada Line in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen in tatters in this file photo taken on March 23, 2011, a dozen days after it was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The company and the local community agreed on Dec. 24, 2014, to restore the station, burned down by a tsunami-caused fire, as part of a project to revive the line wrecked by the disaster.

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Japanese fan thanks Brazil for aid after 2011 tsunami

CUIABA, Brazil - A Japanese supporter at a World Cup Group C match of Japan against Colombia at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014, holds a banner in Portuguese thanking Brazil for its aid and friendship for the areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Japan.

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Gold medal is symbol of hopes for quake-hit people: Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows the gold medal he won at the Sochi Olympics at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 24, 2014, saying it serves as a symbol of the hopes and dreams of people who were affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Hanyu's hometown is Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the disaster.

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Giant conveyer belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Children and other guests cut the tape during a ceremony to start operation of a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2014. The three-kilometer belt is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami than the neighborhoods swept away in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Student from quake-hit region

GENEVA, Switzerland - Kosuke Kagaya (R), a student at the Miyagi prefectural Sendai Daisan senior high school, is pictured on a snowboarding outing in the Swiss mountain resort village of Verbier on Dec. 24, 2013. Kagaya is spending time in Switzerland until the end of the year on a project started by a Japanese woman living in the country to invite children and students from Japan's Tohoku region hit by the March 2011 disaster to a school in Switzerland.

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Athletics legends in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis runs in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, with students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, areas hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, 2nd from R) listens as Katsuya Endo (front, 3rd from R), mayor of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town at JR Tomioka Station on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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Cherry blossoms in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2012, shows cherry blossoms in a park overlooking a coastal area that remains flattened after being hit by the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Mariners pitcher Iwakuma in Tokyo for season-opening series

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (C) smiles with manager Eric Wedge (L) and pitcher Felix Hernandez of his major league team at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24, 2012, ahead of their season-opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Iwakuma joined Seattle from the Rakuten Eagles, a ballclub based in the northeastern city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after the 2011 season.

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JKT48 performs in event

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of the Indonesian pop group JKT 48 perform at a hotel in Jakarta on Feb. 24, 2012, during an event hosted by the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta to express gratitude for Indonesian support for Japan over the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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'Miracle pine' lit up on Christmas Eve

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is lit up amid snow on Dec. 24, 2011.

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Christmas tree in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kenichi Kurosawa (R), a 40-year-old plumber, and Takeru Okuda, a 19-year-old college student, stand in front of a Christmas tree in disaster-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. Kurosawa placed the Christmas tree at the site where his home office was located, in memory of the victims of the March quake and tsunami and to wish for the reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas.

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Footballer Kagawa turns into Santa Claus

SENDAI, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa in Santa Claus costume speaks at a Christmas event in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. About 300 children from soccer teams in the prefecture affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were invited to the event and received jerseys and shoes as Christmas gifts.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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Writer Morio Kita dies at 84

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese novelist Morio Kita speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 1968. Kita, known for works including ''The House of Nire'' and his ''Dr. Mambo'' series of humorous essays, died in a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 24, 2011, at the age of 84.

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TEPCO accident operation manuals with, without blackouts

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows copies of a page which is mostly blacked out (L) and the same page without being blacked out (R) from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s accident operation manuals for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The governmental Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency publicized on Oct. 24, 2011, part of the manuals with few blacked-out parts, which TEPCO submitted at the agency's request, which was made after the utility submitted mostly blacked-out versions to parliament in September 2011 and drew public criticism.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Sanyo Shokai's luxury coat to support Japan quake victims

NEW YORK, United States - A man wears a limited edition coat with the stitched-letter of ''Kibo'' (hope) inside, which was manufactured in disaster-hit northeastern Japan using materials from the area to support the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Major Japanese apparel company Sanyo Shokai Ltd. is scheduled to launch the luxurious trench coats for men on Oct. 24, 2011, at Saks Fifth Avenue, an upper-end department store in New York, at the price of $795 apiece. All proceeds will be donated to a quake relief charity.

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Rice harvest in tsunami-hit Iwate Pref.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2011, shows Seiichi Konno's rice paddy in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, that was hit by the March 11 tsunami.

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Japanese universities promote safety of Japan

BEIJING, China - Young people visit booths at an event in Beijing on Sept. 24, 2011, held by about 30 Japanese universities to promote the safety of Japan in an effort to stem the decrease in the number of Chinese students studying in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 24, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that fishing boats swept ashore by the March 11 tsunami have been removed.

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Apple's Jobs resigns as CEO

NEW YORK, United States - Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs speaks during a presentation in San Francisco in March 2011. The computer giant said on Aug. 24, 2011, that Jobs resigned as chief executive officer, effectively immediately, replaced by Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Jobs was elected chairman.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd from R, front)thanks members of U.S. forces at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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U.S. envoy in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (2nd from L) looks at the writing on a monument contributed by former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin Reischauer at Yamadera Basho Museum, a museum for Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on July 24, 2011, with his family. Roos said he would like to let people around the world know that Japan is safe as the country has suffered a significant drop in foreign tourists following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Terrestrial TV digitalized in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A TV screen at a communications ministry call center in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a message stating that analog broadcasting ended at noon on July 24, 2011, while operators take calls from viewers regarding the transition to digital broadcasting. Japanese broadcasters completely digitalized terrestrial TV broadcasting, ending analog transmission after more than half a century except in areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Terrestrial TV digitalized in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People visit a support center for local residents in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on July 24, 2011, as Japanese broadcasters completely digitalized terrestrial TV broadcasting at noon the same day, ending analog transmission after more than half a century except in areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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PM Kan to name Matsumoto reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, who is doubling as state minister for disaster management, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to appoint Matsumoto on June 27 as Japan's new minister in charge of reconstructing areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Disaster-hit Ishinomaki in March and June

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combined photo shows an area ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2011 (top frame), nearly two weeks after the disaster, and the same spot on June 4, 2011 (bottom frame). The debris has been cleared away and a stone statue of a Buddhist deity called Jizo wears a hood in the bottom picture.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 24, 2011 (top frame), with ships swept around by the March 11 tsunami, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Japan envoy thanks U.S. for postdisaster help

WASHINGTON, Unites States - Ichiro Fujisaki (front), Japan's ambassador to the United States, speaks before a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on May 24, 2011. He expressed gratitude for U.S. help in relief work following the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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PM Kan leaves for Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves before departing for Europe from Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 24, 2011, making his first overseas trip since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. He is scheduled to attend a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in France and a meeting with top-level representatives of the European Union in Brussels.

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PM Kan leaves for Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves before departing for Europe from Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 24, 2011, making his first overseas trip since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. He is scheduled to attend a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in France and a meeting with top-level representatives of the European Union in Brussels.

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Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A cyclist rides past a stranded ship washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 24, 2011.

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Jazz concert at evacuation center

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Swing Dolphins jazz band perform at an evacuation center in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 24, 2011, to encourage people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Search for disaster victims in Soma

SOMA, Japan - Members of the Kanagawa prefectural police search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a cemetery in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 24, 2011.

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Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A house washed away by the March 11 tsunami remains submerged in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 24, 2011.

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Teachers offer flowers at tsunami-hit elementary school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - School teachers offer flowers on April 24, 2011, at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where around 70 percent of the students were killed by the March 11 tsunami or remain missing.

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Tsunami-hit ship removed in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A ship damaged by the March 11 tsunami is towed in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, by a salvage vessel on April 24, 2011.

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Cherry tree in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A cherry tree standing amid debris blooms in a park ruined by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 24, 2011.