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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team, lights the Tokyo Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Irish chorus group to tour disaster-hit areas in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Irish chorus group Anuna, led by artistic director and composer Michael McGlynn (front), sing in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, before their concert tour to Fukushima and Iwate prefectures, northeastern Japan, that were hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and to the central prefecture of Nagano, hit by the eruption of Mt. Ontake in September and a major earthquake in November. The group is scheduled to perform in other parts of Japan as well.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf (holding microphone), an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf, an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima fishermen's concerns over marine products

IWAKI, Japan - Boats dock in Onahama port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. Since the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex began to spew radioactive contamination in March 2011, local fishermen have been facing hardship as they try to erase consumers' safety concerns over their marine products.

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Ishinomaki Rainbow House for 2011 disaster orphans

SENDAI, Japan - Ishinomaki Rainbow House, a support facility for children who lost their parents in the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, is pictured in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. A completion ceremony was held on the same day.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remain deserted on Feb. 25, 2014. At the school, 84 students, teachers and staff members died in the March 2011 tsunami. There has not been any discussion on whether to preserve or demolish the school building (Photo taken in long exposure mode with fisheye lens).

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako enjoy folklore show

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the National Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014, to appreciate traditional songs and dances from Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which suffered serious damage from the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami. The event was held to support reconstruction efforts in the prefectures.

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) reads "Where the Wild Things Are," a classic children's picture book, to students at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with a woman at a temporary housing facility in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) tries her hand at Japanese calligraphy with the help of a student at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Court nullifies sumo body's dismissal of ex-wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Sokokurai (front) is surrounded by fans in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 25, 2013, after the court ruled earlier in the day that the Japan Sumo Association's dismissal of Sokokurai of the top-tier makuuchi division in 2011 over match fixing was invalid. The 29-year-old Chinese-born former maegashira, whose real name is Enhetubuxin, had demanded to be reinstated as a wrestler after he was sacked by the JSA in April 2011 for refusing to retire over his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

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Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shunsuke Goto, a Waseda University student, looks at the mouth of the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013, during a field survey commissioned by the Environment Ministry to choose a 700-kilometer natural path called "Tohoku Kaigan Trail." The selection of the coastal path from Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, to Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, is a core project for a Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park to be created by rebuilding natural parks damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Hotel worker from tsunami-hit Japan city runs with Olympic torch

MORLEY, Britain - Sadaharu Mishina (C) runs with the Olympic torch in Morley, a town near Leeds in England, on June 25, 2012, as an official torchbearer ahead of the upcoming London Olympics. Mishina is a hotel worker from Sendai, a Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima seafood on trial sale

SOMA, Japan - A man picks up a pack of octopus at a supermarket in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 25, 2012. Octopus and whelks caught off the coast of Fukushima went on trial sale the same day at supermarkets and retail stores in the city in the northeastern Japan prefecture, the first Fukushima seafood sold since the nation's worst nuclear plant crisis was triggered in March 2011.

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Fukushima seafood on trial sale

SOMA, Japan - A retailer examines octopus in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 25, 2012. Octopus and whelks caught off the coast of Fukushima went on trial sale the same day at supermarkets and retail stores in the city in the northeastern Japan prefecture, the first Fukushima seafood sold since the nation's worst nuclear plant crisis was triggered in March 2011.

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Comedian Neko to represent Cambodia at Olympic marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2012, in Oita, southwestern Japan, shows comedian Hiroshi Neko. Neko, who was born in Japan's Chiba Prefecture and obtained Cambodian citizenship in October 2011 so he could have a shot at running in this summer's London Olympics, will represent Cambodia in the men's marathon in the event, the secretary general of Cambodia's Olympic committee said March 25, 2012.

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'Recovery' boxed meal

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a boxed meal product, named ''Fukko (recovery) Soraben (boxed meal sold at airport).'' The meal, using ingredients grown in areas near Sendai airport, will be put on sale at the airport, hit by the March 2011 tsunami, on March 25, 2012.

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Commemorating war dead on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of a ceremony including kin of Japanese soldiers who perished in the World War II battle on Iwoto Island offer flowers to commemorate them on the island on Jan. 25, 2012. The annual ceremony by the Tokyo metropolitan government is usually held in spring or summer but the fiscal 2011 ceremony was postponed due to a water shortage on the Pacific island, about 1,200 kilometers south of central Tokyo, and the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan records 1st trade deficit in 31 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant producing vehicles for export in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The Japanese government said Jan. 25, 2012, that the country recorded its first annual trade deficit in 31 years in 2011 amid slowing exports, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the strength of the yen, and a gloomier outlook for the world economy as a result of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

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Ex-Kintetsu manager Nishimoto dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2005 shows Yukio Nishimoto, former Hankyu Braves and Kintetsu Buffaloes manager, during an interview at his home in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Nishimoto, who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, died of heart failure on Nov. 25, 2011.

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Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nov. 25, 2011 photo shows work on assembling the Minicab MiEV at the Mizushima Plant of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. The automaker aims to sell 4,000 units of the light commercial electric vehicle by the end of March 2012.

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Fukushima children watch ASIMO robot

TAMURA, Japan - Elementary school students watch the ASIMO robot in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2011. The humanoid robot developed by Honda Motor Co. was demonstrated during a special class to encourage the children following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear crisis.

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German president visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (C front) visits an area hit by the March 11th tsunami in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2011. The president visited the prefecture to encourage local people struggling in the aftermath of the devastating March earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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German president visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (far L) meets evacuees living in temporary housing in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2011. The president visited the prefecture to encourage local people struggling in the aftermath of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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German president visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (3rd from R, seated) attends a classical music concert given by 18 Japanese and German students at an aquarium in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2011. The president visited the prefecture to encourage local people struggling in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.

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Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors look at news photos on the March quake and tsunami in Japan during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Tsunami-hit Sendai Airport reopens

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers from Seoul aboard the first flight arriving at Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are welcomed at the airport on Sept. 25, 2011. Asiana Airlines flights connecting Seoul had been operating daily before the disaster but are now scheduled three days a week for the time being.

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Gubernatorial race in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Voters listen to the speech of a gubernatorial candidate in the tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, on the first day of official election campaigning. The election had been postponed due to the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Gubernatorial race in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Voters listen to the speech of a gubernatorial candidate in the tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, on the first day of official election campaigning. The election had been postponed due to the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Iwate gubernatorial election

MORIOKA, Japan - A candidate waves from a car in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, as the official campaigns for a gubernatorial election began the same day in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The election had been postponed due to the March quake and tsunami.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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IAEA chief visits Fukushima plant

IWAKI, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano speaks with reporters in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, after visiting the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex earlier in the day to observe operations to contain the crisis triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Miyagi residents thank U.S. forces for relief efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Burton Field (2nd from L), the commander of U.S. forces in Japan, receives a fisherman's flag bearing messages from residents of Miyagi Prefecture and happi coats at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 25, 2011, to thank U.S. forces for their support following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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IAEA chief visits Fukushima plant

IWAKI, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (C) is pictured in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, after visiting the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to observe operations to contain the crisis triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Sendai airport restores predisaster domestic flights

SENDAI, Japan - The first (top) of the resumed regular domestic flights takes off from Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 25, 2011. Domestic flights fully resumed that day at Sendai airport, with four airlines running all 41 regular services for the first time since the runways and terminal were swamped by the tsunami following the March earthquake.

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Santa Claus in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus arrives from Finland at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on July 25, 2011, to encourage children affected by the March quake and tsunami.

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Iwate leaders welcome UNESCO decision on Hiraizumi

PARIS, France - Masayoshi Sugawara, mayor of Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture, speaks to reporters in Paris on June 25, 2011, as Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (R) looks on, after the ancient town's Buddhist temples and landscape were approved as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site. Sugawara said he expects the registration of the site to contribute to the reconstruction of northeastern Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster management minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, who is expected to assume the new ministerial post in charge of reconstructing areas hit by the March quake and tsunami, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2011, after a meeting of the Reconstruction Design Council.

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Lady Gaga in Chiba, Japan

CHIBA, Japan - American pop star Lady Gaga closes her eyes as she speaks at a press conference in Chiba during her visit to Japan, on June 25, 2011. The popular singer, who painted eyes on her eyelids, sent a message of encouragement to people struggling to recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassadors, embassy staff tour Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Embassy staff and others pose with actors at Edo Wonderland in Nikko, a tourist destination in Tochigi Prefecture, on June 25, 2011, as part of efforts to lure back foreign tourists in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan following the March 11 disaster. Ambassadors, embassy staff and their families from 20 countries participated in the two-day trip around the city.

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PM Kan receives reconstruction design

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) receives a set of proposals on how to reconstruct areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from Makoto Iokibe, head of the Reconstruction Design Council, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2011. The key advisory panel suggests the government consider raising core taxes for a limited time while cutting wasteful spending.