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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Relief goods given to Syrian refugees from quake-hit Japanese

ADANA, Turkey - A Syrian refugee in Adana, Turkey, picks a coat on March 5, 2014, from among clothing sent by Japanese people in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami while another woman writes a thank-you message.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are seen during their visit to a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L, front) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) visit a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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2 years after quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same plant on March 5, 2013.

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Japan's greenhouse gas emissions

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese Environment Minister Hiroyuki Nagahama answers reporters' questions on Dec. 5, 2012, in Doha, Qatar, where the 18th United Nations Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held. Greenhouse gases equivalent to 1,307 million tons of carbon dioxide were emitted in Japan in fiscal 2011 through March 2012, up 3.9 percent from the previous year, the Environment Ministry said the same day in a preliminary report.

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Trip to burial sites for Japanese in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki, the head of Seishinkai, a group of Japanese former residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer on Sept. 5, 2012, at a field believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II, in a suburb of Pyongyang. The group concluded the same day a trip to North Korea during which they studied such sites and offered prayers. In the front are the remains which were said to have been found there in March 2011.

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U.S. Japan NGOs' meeting over tsunami debris

PORTLAND, United States - A meeting over the landfall in North America of debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan is held by U.S. and Japanese nongovernmental organizations in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 5, 2012.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in the prefecture falling at 5:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis 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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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a street in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012.

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Yamamoto soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 5, 2012 (bottom). The bath tub of a house, the rest of which was destroyed by the tsunami, remained.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up.

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UNICEF photo exhibition

NEW YORK, United States - A photo exhibition on the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit northeastern Japan opens in New York on March 5, 2012, featuring works depicting damage and affected children by news photographers and freelancers based in Japan. The exhibition, called Children and the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami -- UNICEF at Work, at the U.N. headquarters, was organized by the Japan Committee for the U.N. Children's Fund.

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UNICEF photo exhibition

NEW YORK, United States - A photo exhibition on the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit northeastern Japan opens in New York on March 5, 2012, featuring works depicting damage and affected children by news photographers and freelancers based in Japan. The exhibition, called Children and the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami -- UNICEF at Work, at the U.N. headquarters, was organized by the Japan Committee for the U.N. Children's Fund.

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Swiss walking across Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Thomas Koehler, a former travel agent from Switzerland, smiles after arriving in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, having traveled through a tunnel from Shimonoseki on the Honshu main island on Dec. 5, 2011. Koehler has been walking across Japan to help revive tourism to the country, which has been dented by the March quake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (front R) is welcomes by kindergarten children on Nov. 5, 2011, as he visited a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Monk sings of tsunami plight in jazz

TOKYO, Japan - Shuko Katayama (front), a 71-year-old Buddhist monk from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, sings jazz featuring the plight of people in the March tsunami during a performance at Kenchoji temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (R, standing) meets survivors of the March earthquake and tsunami at a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Steve Jobs at iPad 2 unveiling event

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - File photo shows Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs speaking during an event to unveil the iPad 2 tablet computer in San Francisco on March 2, 2011. Jobs died Oct. 5, 2011, aged 56.

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Caps made from tsunami-hit fishermen's flags

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Hunting caps are displayed at cap and hat manufacturer Suzuki Kikaku's office in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2011. The company has begun selling the caps made from ''tairyobata'' flags, which are hoisted on fishing boats on their way back to port to signal a large catch. The flags have been provided by local fishermen who lost their boats due to the March tsunami, and part of the revenues from the caps' sales will be used to reinvigorate the local fishing industry.

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Apple co-founder Jobs dies

NEW YORK, United States - File photo shows Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. co-founder and chairman, speaks during an event to unveil new products in San Francisco in March 2011. Apple said on Oct. 5, 2011, Jobs has died at the age of 56.

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Public library reopens in disaster-hit Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People visit a makeshift public library in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on the opening day on Oct. 5, 2011. The town-run library lost almost all of its 30,000 books due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but reopened with 3,000 of some 10,000 donated books.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

OFUNATO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, (from top) on March 13, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has almost been cleared away.

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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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China to send mission to Japan's disaster-hit areas

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho (R), who led a Japanese business delegation to China, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Fu Ziying in Beijing on Sept. 5, 2011. Fu told the delegation that China plans to send a mission to areas of northeastern Japan affected by the March earthquake and tsunami to support post-disaster reconstruction.

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Iwate's Ofunato 1st saury shipments since disaster

OFUNATO, Japan - Workers pack saury into boxes in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011. Fishermen in the city on the same day sent off their first direct shipments of saury this season, seeing it as a symbol of recovery from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March.

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Tokyo stocks fall sharply

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in the Yaesu district of central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average's fall by 359.30 points to 9,299.88 on Aug. 5, 2011, marking its lowest close since March 18, amid global equity declines.

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Death of Ghanaian man during deportation

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koichi Kodama (R) looks at a photo of Abubakar Awudu Suraj, a Ghanaian man who died during the process of his deportation from Japan, at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2011. His Japanese widow filed a damages suit the same day against the state and nine immigration officers, alleging that the officers at Narita airport injured him and caused him to die in March 2010.

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Divers search for missing people, property

SENDAI, Japan - A diver swims around a sunken fishing boat at a depth of seven meters at a fishery port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Volunteer divers are continuing to search for missing people and lost property swept away by the March 11 tsunami.

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New reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after his appointment to the post. Hirano, a House of Councillors member, hails from Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Temporary housing in campground

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing units for people affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami under construction in a campground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. A total of 108 units are expected to be built there by the end of the month.

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Man at evacuation center in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami watches a TV program reporting on the resignation of reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto stepped down following controversial remarks he made during a visit to Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.

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Reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's disaster reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto tendered his resignation the same day only about a week after he assumed the newly created post, following a series of remarks that have angered people affected by the March 11 catastrophes in the country's northeast.

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Refinery in Ichihara on 3/11 and in June

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, engulfed in flames on March 11, 2011 (top frame), shortly after the massive earthquake jolted the area, and the refinery on June 5, 2011 (bottom frame), about three months after the disaster.

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Japanese cheerleader for Mavs

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuki Kaito, a rookie member of the Dallas Mavericks Dancers in the U.S. National Basketball Association, poses in Dallas, Texas, on June 5, 2011. Kaito, a 29-year-old Japanese national, went to the United States in 2010 to join the squad. She said she decided to remain in the United States after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan to pursue her dancing career, but donated her entire salary for the 2010-2011 season for the victims.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi lays flowers at the grave of unknown soldiers outside Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011, during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - People gather in rain to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan at Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive.