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Japan: Moment of Silence Observed Nationwide to Mark 14 Years Since 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami 2

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. A moment of silence was observed across the country, with some places sounding sirens. This video was shot at Sendai Asaichi (Morning market) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Colorful Balloons Released to Mark 14th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. At former Arahama Elementary School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose building was damaged in the natural disaster, the commemoration event "HOPE FOR project" was held where people released colorful balloons after observing a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time of the 2011 earthquake.

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Japan: Moment of Silence Observed Nationwide to Mark 14 Years Since 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. A moment of silence was observed across the country, with some places sounding sirens. This video was shot at the Matsushima ferry dock in Miyagi Prefecture.

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Photographer reveals reality on Fukushima farm

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2014 shows Tadao Mitome, a photographer who published a photo book titled "3/11 Fukushima: Hibaku no Bokujo (Stock Farm Exposed to Radiation)," documenting a farm in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, and dying horses there.

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Child sets up candle on quake anniversary in Nagano village

NAGANO, Japan - A child sets up a candle on a snow-made mount in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2014, in hopes of recovery from an earthquake that hit three years ago. The temblor rocked the region a day after the powerful 3/11 quake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.

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South Koreans also pray for 3/11 disaster victims

SEOUL, South Korea - Buddhist monks and believers gather at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, on March 12, 2014, to commemorate victims of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in 2011.

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Fukushima association head speaks at memorial service in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Sayoko Fujita (L), head of a New York society for natives of Fukushima Prefecture living on the U.S. East Coast, makes a speech at an event held in New York on March 9, 2014, to commemorate the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Candle event held in Fukushima on 3rd quake anniversary

IWAKI, Japan - Messages offering prayers for early post-disaster reconstruction emerge on the surface of candles lit at an event to commemorate victims of the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on the evening of March 9 ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster.

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Tokyo department store promotes Tohoku products

TOKYO, Japan - Producers promote seaweed at an event introducing farm products from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at the Matsuzakaya Ueno department store in Tokyo on March 5, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd.

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Tokyo Motor Show opens to press

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the press at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward in the Japanese capital on Nov. 30, 2011. Japanese automakers unveiled a bevy of electric cars and other green vehicles, reflecting consumers' shift toward conserving resources after the limiting of power supplies in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The motor show will be open to the public on Dec. 3-11.

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China opens parliament advisory session

China's top government advisory body -- the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) -- opens its annual session in Beijing on March 3. More than 2,000 businessmen, academics and other social movers are attending the March 3-11 session at the Great Hall of the People.

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd. (Kyodo)

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Yuma Watanabe (R), a second-year junior high school student in Fukushima Prefecture, Haruki Kanno (2nd from R), a sixth-grade elementary school student in Iwate Prefecture, and other children see the bookbinding process for ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' at a printing company in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 10, 2012. The photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami was published on Feb. 23, 2012, by Kodansha Ltd. (Kyodo)

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Photographer reveals reality on Fukushima farm

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2014 shows Tadao Mitome, a photographer who published a photo book titled "3/11 Fukushima: Hibaku no Bokujo (Stock Farm Exposed to Radiation)," documenting a farm in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, and dying horses there. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Motor Show opens to press

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the press at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward in the Japanese capital on Nov. 30, 2011. Japanese automakers unveiled a bevy of electric cars and other green vehicles, reflecting consumers' shift toward conserving resources after the limiting of power supplies in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The motor show will be open to the public on Dec. 3-11. (Kyodo)

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China opens parliament advisory session

China's top government advisory body -- the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) -- opens its annual session in Beijing on March 3. More than 2,000 businessmen, academics and other social movers are attending the March 3-11 session at the Great Hall of the People.