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Tohoku firm on track for recovery

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Aki Murakami (L) and Akie Hoshi, who started work at Yagisawa Shoten after the March 2011 disaster, showcase products of the established maker and seller of soy sauce and miso at the company in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 31, 2013.

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New Year decoration at makeshift barber shop in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Tetsuro Abe puts up a New Year decoration around the entrance of his makeshift barber shop in the disaster-hit town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Dec. 31, 2011. The barber shop, which was opened by his father and had been in business for 40 years, was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Final debris from 2011 disaster leaves for Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - A truck carrying the final batch of wreckage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami leaves for Tokyo from a debris collection and selection site in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Pair of big "kadomatsu" decorations in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A car passes between a pair of big "kadomatsu" New Year decorations erected on a road near temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 31, 2014.

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USJ visitors in FY 2014 likely to hit all-time high

OSAJA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan executive Tsuyoshi Morioka says at a press conference in Osaka on July 31, 2014, that the number of visitors to the western Japan amusement park in fiscal 2014 ending next March is likely to surpass the current annual record of 11 million posted in fiscal 2011 thanks to a new attraction based on the Harry Potter film franchise.

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Fukushima school set to reopen after temporary evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - Teachers at Furumichi Elementary School in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepare decorations on March 31, 2014, for a first-day-of-school ceremony to be held April 7. The school, which had been relocated to a temporary campus in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, is set to reopen at its original location as the government lifted an evacuation order for the area on April 1.

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Temporary store to open in Fukushima at end of evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - A worker shows on March 31, 2014, empty shelves to be filled with products at a temporary store scheduled to open in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A government evacuation order for the area, issued due to radioactive contamination in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, was lifted on April 1.

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Project under way to see inside reactors with "muons"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31, 2014 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows Haruo Miyadera, a Toshiba Corp. researcher who is engaged in a project to see into the interior of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which suffered meltdowns due to the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 using elementary particles called "muons."

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TEPCO logs 299 bil. yen group net loss for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March 31 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 299.48 billion yen for the April to September half, pressured by higher fossil fuel costs to make up for the halt in nuclear power generation following the disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Sujit Samaddar (C), head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Seismic Safety Center, answers reporters' questions in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member IAEA delegation team started an inspection the previous day at the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011. The turbine building for the No. 2 reactor and a levee at the plant can be seen in the back.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency examine a levee at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Panasonic expects 420 bil. yen net loss in FY 2011

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo attends a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2011. The company said it is anticipating a huge group net loss of 420 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March as it faces restructuring costs related to its loss-making businesses, a reversal from a profit of 74.02 billion yen in the previous year.

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Geisha visit tsunami evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha from Kyoto visit temporary homes in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011, for evacuees of the March quake and tsunami to cheer them up.

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Geisha visit tsunami evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha from Kyoto touch the cat of an evacuee of the March quake and tsunami at her temporary housing in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011. They visited the temporary housing to cheer evacuees up.

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Hopes for reconstruction written on '1,000 scallop shells'

OFUNATO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2011 shows 1,000 origami paper ornaments folded in the shape of scallop shells decorating Koishihama station in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. Local people used to use real shells from farmed scallops, on which they wrote their wishes, but the scallop farming industry, along with the rail track, was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Visitors to the station, which has been out of operation since March 11, now write their wishes for the reconstruction of the area on the paper shells.

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B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R), who holds a school bag to be presented to a child who suffered in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to raise money for parts of Japan stricken by the disaster.

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B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R) of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to aid people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

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Only 6 of 82 quake-hit schools restored in Iwate, Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is still damaged on Aug. 28, 2011, more than five months after the March quake and tsunami. The local education board said on Aug. 31, 2011, rebuilding is complete or will soon be finished for only six out of a total of 82 public schools in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were severely damaged by the disaster.

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ASEAN goodwill mission to Japan

JAKARTA, Japan - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks in a press conference in Jakarta on May 31, 2011. He will lead a goodwill mission of volunteers from ASEAN to Japan to support areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Large ship offered as shelter for evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 14,500-ton Techno Super Liner cargo-passenger ship docking at Ishinomaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, 2011. About 2,400 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the city are expected to stay on the ship for free from the following day through May 31, 2011.

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Designated shelter hit by tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Kogan Temple is seen devastated in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 31, 2011, by the March 11 tsunami. At least 30 people who took shelter at the Buddhist temple went missing. They had gathered there as the building nearly 1 kilometer from the sea was designated as a tsunami evacuation facility. The temple also suffered a fire after the disaster. More than 100 designated shelters were hit by the tsunami.

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Search for tsunami victims

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces retrieve a body from the rubble in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 31, 2011. The area was hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Upscale Tokyo hotel to turn into shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the main building of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, which closed for business on March 31, 2011. The former upscale hotel will begin accepting evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture, who have had to leave their homes due to radiation leaks from a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on April 9.

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Reconstruction work after disaster

SENDAI, Japan - New power poles are installed in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 31, 2011. The area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Victims of Gaddafi regime

BENGHAZI, Libya - A 30-year-old man shows a portrait of his missing nephew, a truck driver, in front of portraits of missing and dead victims of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in a square in front of a court in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on March 31, 2011. People have started to openly talk about Muammar Gaddafi's reign of terror in the city, which has become a stronghold of rebels fighting the regime.

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Victims of Gaddafi regime

BENGHAZI, Libya - People look at portraits of missing and dead victims of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in a square in front of a court in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on March 31, 2011. People have started to openly talk about Muammar Gaddafi's reign of terror in the city, which has become a stronghold of rebels fighting the regime.

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Brewers' Saito makes season debut

CINCINNATI, United States - Milwaukee Brewers players including Japanese reliever Takashi Saito (C), offer a moment of silence for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, ahead of the team's first game of the major league season against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 31, 2011. Saito made his season debut with the club, throwing a scoreless eighth inning. The Brewers took a 6-7 walk-off loss.

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Brewers' Saito makes season debut

CINCINNATI, United States - Milwaukee Brewers reliever Takashi Saito (L) gives a high-five to catcher Wil Nieves, after throwing a scoreless eighth inning during the club's first baseball game of the season against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 31, 2011. Saito made his regular season debut with the club, as the team took a 6-7 walk-off loss.

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Brewers' Saito makes season debut

CINCINNATI, United States - Milwaukee Brewers reliever Takashi Saito (R) gives a high-five to manager Ron Roenicke, after throwing a scoreless eighth inning during the club's first baseball game of the season against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 31, 2011. Saito made his regular season debut with the club, as the team took a 6-7 walk-off loss.

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Quake aftermath in Yamada, Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - Two men retrieve plates and utensils from the rubble of their eatery in the quake-hit town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011, about three weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

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Areva CEO Lauvergeon

TOKYO, Japan - Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive officer of French nuclear fuel company Areva SA, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31, 2011. She said her firm would offer necessary expertise and personnel to help Japan resolve the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Areva CEO Lauvergeon

TOKYO, Japan - Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive officer of French nuclear fuel company Areva SA, takes a question from a reporter during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31, 2011. She said her firm would offer necessary expertise and personnel to help Japan resolve the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Emergency drill at Mihama nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. employees test an emergency reactor cooling system, as part of an emergency drill at the No.1 reactor of Fukui Prefecture's Mihama nuclear power plant on March 31, 2011, following a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan Embassy thanks people of Thai for support

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a page of the March 31, 2011 issue of Thailand's English newspaper, the Nation, which carries a message of appreciation by the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok for the support the people of Thailand have offered Japan following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The embassy, which plans to have the message published in several newspapers, said the publishers offered to carry it for free.

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Quake aftermath in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Cyclists ride through debris while the sun sets over the Nanakita River in quake-hit Sendai's Miyagino Ward, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011, about three weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area.

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Chubu Electric Power's conversion equipment

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on March 31, 2011, shows a frequency conversion equipment at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Higashi-Shimizu conversion station in the city of Shizuoka. The utility, which has been providing electricity to Tokyo Electric Power Co. following the power shortage in the Tokyo area since the March 11 quake, uses the system to connect eastern and western power networks, which have different frequencies.

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China's aircraft carrier Varyag

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2011, shows the navy aircraft carrier Varyag, which China purchased from Ukraine and is rebuilding, at Dalian military port in China's Liaoning Province. China has not mentioned about rebuilding or constructing an aircraft carrier in its defense white paper released March 31, 2011.

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Chinese sailors at ceremony

BEIJING, China - Chinese navy sailors take part in a ceremony in Beijing in February 2011. China specifies about the protection of maritime interests in its defense white paper released March 31, 2011.