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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Shark Museum

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows Shark Museum in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, after the facility, severely damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, was recently renewed.

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Folding screen picture drawn by Takehiko Inoue

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A folding screen picture drawn by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, titled "Shinran," the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, is shown to the press at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2011.

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Asakusa samba dancing team performs in Iwaki festival

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a samba dancing team from Tokyo's Asakusa district perform at a summer festival in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 26, 2014, to encourage local people affected by the March 11, 2011, disaster.

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'Manga' to teach danger of asbestos in quakes

KOBE, Japan - A young man and woman hold copies of a "manga" explanatory book created by Kobe University and Kyoto Seika University to teach the risks of being exposed to asbestos in the event of an earthquake at Kobe University in Kobe, western Japan, on March 26, 2014. Students from the universities have contributed to producing the book by interviewing people affected by the March 2011 earthquake in Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture in the summer of 2013.

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Students from 2011 disaster-hit schools in NY concert

NEW YORK, United States - Momoko Nakazawa (C) of Iwate Prefectural Miyako High School in Japan, one of the schools in the area damaged by the March 2011 disaster, offers thanks for the support for victims and for reconstruction work at a concert in New York on March 26, 2014.

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Japanese high school students sing in NY concert

NEW YORK, United State - Some 90 students of Japanese high schools in Fukushima, Iwate and Saitama prefectures sing with college students from the state of New Jersey during a concert in New York on March 26, 2014, to express gratitude for support for the area damaged by the March 2011 disaster, as well as their own support for the area.

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Scribbled reactor water levels at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Scribbled water levels, times at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor and corresponding times just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi figure skating winner Hanyu visits hometown mayor

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (L) receives a "shield of kudos" from Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama on Feb. 26, 2014, at the city hall for his achievement at the Winter Games in Russia. Hanyu's success lifted the spirits of many people in Sendai, his hometown, as well as other areas in northeastern Japan that were devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe.

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Event to thank U.S. for support after 3/11 disaster

NEW YORK, United States - "Morioka Sansa Odori," a traditional dance in Iwate Prefecture's Morioka City, is performed Aug. 26, 2013, at a reception held by the prefecture in New York to thank the United States for its help after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated northeastern Japan.

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Abe in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) presents a collection of thank you messages from residents of Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait City on Aug. 26, 2013. The messages were to thank Kuwait for assistance offered to a railway company in Iwate that suffered severe damage to its infrastructure in the March 2011 tsunami.

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Tsunami memorial

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo on March 26, 2013, shows the former town hall of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by a tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa expressed an intention on March 27, 2013, to preserve part of the building as a memorial.

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Andrew Cole in Japan disaster area

SUKAGAWA, Japan - Former Manchester United player Andrew Cole holds a soccer clinic for children in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 26, 2013, to support areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Andrew Cole in Japan disaster area

SUKAGAWA, Japan - Former Manchester United player Andrew Cole holds a soccer clinic for children in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 26, 2013, to support areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Family separated by nuclear crisis

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yasuhiro Abe keeps on hand a family photo taken in March 2011 after he evacuated from his home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, together with his wife and son following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. For work, Abe lives alone in Fukushima City, separated from his wife and son, who live in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. Photo taken in Fukushima City on Feb. 26, 2013.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - People take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - A woman and her daughter take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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ASEAN economic ministers visit quake-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - A group of economic ministers from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations visit Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on April 26, 2012. They toured areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami as part of a four-day ''ASEAN Road Show.''

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Comedian Neko to represent Cambodia at Olympic marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Hiroshi Neko, whose real name is Kuniaki Takizaki, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, following a decision by Cambodia's Olympic committee that he will represent Cambodia in the men's marathon in London Olympics this summer. Neko, 34, who was born in Japan's Chiba Prefecture, obtained Cambodian citizenship in October 2011 so he could have a shot at running in the event.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a town government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Dozens of municipal employees died at the building in the tsunami as it was designated as a facility to deal with disasters.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2008, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in October 2008 (top) before an accident following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom).

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Fukushima plant in 2000, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in December 2000 (top) before the crisis started there following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom). Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are seen from right to left.

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Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster, is pictured after completing the Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital on Feb. 26, 2012.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. Its operator, Narita International Airport Corp., said Jan. 26, 2012, that the combined number of Japanese passengers using the airport for outbound and inbound international flights stood at about 1,276,000 in December, marking the first year-on-year rise after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Kyushu Electric chief Manabe to resign

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe listens to a question about whether he will quit during a press conference in Fukuoka on Dec. 26, 2011. Manabe indicated he could resign, possibly by March 2012, as a scandal involving an e-mail campaign by the utility to manipulate public opinion regarding nuclear reactors has basically been settled.

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Japanese trade minister Edano, China's Li hold talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (L) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2011. Edano requested Beijing ''further ease'' restrictions on Japanese food imports that were imposed in the wake of the nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan that followed the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, while expressing gratitude over a partial easing of the restrictions.

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Kirin Brewery quake-hit Sendai plant resumes production

SENDAI, Japan - A worker puts hops into a kettle at a plant of Kirin Brewery Co. in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2011. The company resumed beer production at the plant the same day, more than six months after it was devastated by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Kan announces resignation

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Evacuees from areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami watch live TV coverage of a press conference given by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to explain his decision to resign on Aug. 26, 2011, at an evacuation center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Fukushima evacuees temporarily return home

HIRONO, Japan - Evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, leave Hirono in the prefecture to temporarily visit their homes within 3 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 26, 2011. The evacuees were allowed to make the temporary home visit for the first time since the nuclear crisis began in March.

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candidates

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a plane in March 2009 shows Mt. Fuji in central Japan. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji and Kanagawa Prefecture's Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011.

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Japan, China vice defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Kimito Nakae (L), Japan's administrative vice minister of defense, shakes hands with Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, at the Defense Ministry building in Tokyo on July 26, 2011. Their meeting was the first vice defense ministerial meeting between the two Asian countries since March 2008.

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Ground force wraps up relief operations in Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - A vehicle of the Ground Self-Defense Force leaves the Iwate prefectural head office in Morioka on July 26, 2011, as the GSDF wrapped up relief operations in Iwate Prefecture that day after the March quake and tsunami. The GSDF is still conducting operations in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

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Ground force wraps up relief operations in Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - A ceremony is held at the Iwate prefectural head office in Morioka on July 26, 2011, to thank the Ground Self-Defense Force as it wrapped up relief operations in Iwate Prefecture that day after the March quake and tsunami. The GSDF is still conducting operations in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

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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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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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Kirin beer factory in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - A beer factory of Kirin Brewery Co. in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is opened to the media on July 14, 2011. The brewery on the same day announced its plan to restart beer making at the factory, which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, from Sep. 26, 2011.

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'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.''

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Sumo wrestlers arrive in Nagoya for July tournament

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo wrestlers arrive at JR Nagoya Station on June 26, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament starting July 10. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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Gov't panel calls for measures against worst-case tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata, professor at Kansai University, who heads a panel under the Central Disaster Prevention Council, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2011. The government's antidisaster panel urged authorities to prepare for worst-case tsunami in an interim report following the March 11 disaster.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - An aquarium keeper looks on as a harbor seal pup approaches a pool at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - A harbor seal pup arrives at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Evacuees from town hosting Fukushima plant visit home

TAMURA, Japan - Evacuees in radiation protection suits from the town of Futaba, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is partly located, listen to instructions before heading for their hometown on May 26, 2011, in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. The residents, who had lived around 5 kilometers from the plant until the March 11 tsunami, were permitted to make brief visits home to retrieve their belongings.

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Nuclear evacuees briefly return home

NAMIE, Japan - Evacuees wearing radiation protection suits walk in their hometown of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, in devastation during their brief visit on May 26, 2011, with exhaust pipes of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant visible in the background (L, back). Many residents, who have been forced to evacuate due to radiation leaks from the power plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, lost their homes in the disaster.