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Japan defense minister at ASDF base in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi boards a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse aerobatic team plane during a visit to the ASDF's base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 8, 2026. The plane flew over coastal areas of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster, ahead of its 15th anniversary.

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Japan defense minister at ASDF base in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi boards a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse aerobatic team plane during a visit to the ASDF's base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 8, 2026. The plane flew over coastal areas of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster, ahead of its 15th anniversary.

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Harvest moon in tsunami-hit area

NATORI, Japan - People watch a harvest moon in a coastal area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2014. The area was devastated by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

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Harvest moon in tsunami-hit area

NATORI, Japan - People watch a harvest moon in a coastal area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2014. The area was devastated by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

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Carnations from Miyagi Pref. for Mother's Day

SENDAI, Japan - Carnation grower Hiroki Sugai prepares carnations for shipping for Mother's Day in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 8, 2014. Sugai, whose business was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along with other growers in the area, restarted growing flowers about a year after the disaster.

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Antinuclear protests in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Antinuclear protesters march in Taipei on March 8, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan following a monster earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

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Antinuclear protests in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Antinuclear protesters march in Taipei on March 8, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan following a monster earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

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Antinuclear protests in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters gather with banners and signs near the prime minister's office on Feb. 8, 2013, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government district, vocal throughout two-hour protests as they call for an end to reliance on nuclear power generation following the March 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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German musical ensemble holds concert in quake-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the German chamber music ensemble Leipzig String Quartet perform on May 8, 2012, before students at Mono Junior High School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an auxiliary boiler building (L) at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on March 8, 2012. The building was damaged by the March 11, 2011, tsunami. On the back right is the turbine building for the No. 4 reactor at the plant. (Pool photo)

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Thai premier in Japan

NATORI, Japan - Visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hands a gift to a girl at a temporary home for survivors of the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 8, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Thai premier in Japan

NATORI, Japan - Visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) offers a wreath at an area hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 8, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.N. Forest Hero

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, a Japanese environmental preservation activist in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas hardest hit by the March 11, 2011, disaster. The United Nations Forum on Forests said on Feb. 8, 2012, that Hatakeyama has been selected to win its Forest Hero award for the Asian region as a contributor to sustainable forest management.

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Hawaiian-style spa in Fukushima Pref. to fully resume

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a hula dancing team at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other employees cheer on Jan. 30, 2012, before the full-scale reopening of the Spa Resort Hawaiians complex on Feb. 8, 2012. The facility damaged by the March 2011 earthquake has partially resumed its operation since October 2011.

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Konishiki visits quake-hit areas as Santa Claus

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Children look happy after receiving presents from Konishiki (C back row), a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler-turned-TV personality, dressed up as Santa Claus, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2011. Konishiki is touring the Tohoku region, which was severely hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to give presents to local children.

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Stranded train recovered in tsunami-hit Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A train car is lifted by crane in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2011, to be loaded onto a trailer. East Japan Railway Co. began work the same day to recover a four-car train, which has been stranded there for nearly nine months since the March earthquake and tsunami, which heavily damaged the rail track and other facilities of the JR Senseki Line connecting Sendai with Ishinomaki.

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Calligraphy expressing hope for reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (R), vice governor of Iwate Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, holds a calligraphy work of Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto, at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka on Nov. 8, 2011. The Japanese kanji character for ''kizuna'' (bond) represented in the work was chosen by the Buddhist priest as an expression of hope for reconstruction from the disaster.

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Autumn leaves at Chusonji temple

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - People view on Nov. 8, 2011, autumn leaves along the approach road to Chusonji, a Buddhist temple in the town of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. After a sharp drop in the wake of the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, the temple has seen an increase in visitors since June when the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee authorized the Hiraizumi area as a new World Heritage cultural site.

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Tsunami victim's body found in car wreck

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photo shows a car wreck (L) in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2011, in which the body of a man who had been missing since the March 11 tsunami was found nearly eight months later on Nov. 2.

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Storage place of debris from March 11 disaster

MIYAKO, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) visits a temporary storage place for debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Fujiwara Pier in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2011.

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Drifted fishing gears from Miyagi Pref.

MITO, Japan - An official of the Oarai town office in Ibaraki Prefecture organizes buoys for aquafarming on Sept. 8, 2011, which were retrieved from waters off Oarai in July 2011, before shipping them back the following day to the Miyagi prefectural fishery cooperative, which owns the gear. About 120 buoys had drifted there from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, some 300 kilometers away, after the March 11 tsunami.

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Prime Minister Noda visits Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L) arrives at Koriyama station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2011, in his first trip to the prefecture, home to a radiation-leaking nuclear power plant, since he took office the previous week. Noda has repeatedly expressed his desire to visit Fukushima and has vowed to speed up reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March disaster and nuclear crisis.

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Nagasaki on eve of A-bomb anniv.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are lit in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2011 on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, to console the souls of people killed in the 1945 attack as well as those who perished in the March 11 disaster in the northeast.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front R) tours a coastal area in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2011, guided by Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya, (front L). Earlier on the same day, Ban encouraged evacuees and also met with high school students in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which is still suffering damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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Sony to sell storage battery for offices, shops

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shows the ESSP-2000 lithium-ion storage battery that Sony Corp. will market in September 2011 for use mainly in company offices and retail stores, hoping to tap demand amid concern over electricity supply constraints following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The battery can be charged via six power outlets at night when power demand is low and use the stored electricity during the day or as a backup in the event of a blackout, the company said the same day.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from R) receives gifts from students at Fukushima Minami High School in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011. Earlier the same day, Ban visited a gymnasium in the city of Fukushima and encouraged people who are taking refuge there due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with some of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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Google Street View in disaster areas

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shigeru Suganuma (L), mayor of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, shakes hands with an official of Google Inc. in the northeastern Japan city on July 8, 2011, in front of a vehicle used to take Street View pictures. Google said in a press conference in Kesennuma it will take Street View pictures of areas in five Japanese prefectures hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Camera on balloon to take pictures of disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yoichi Suzuki (R) and his wife Fumie fly a balloon carrying a digital camera to take pictures of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, from above on June 8, 2011. They take such pictures in areas hit by the March quake and tsunami and release the images on the Internet.

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IMF projects negative growth for Japan

TOKYO, Japan - John Lipsky, acting managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2011. The IMF said the Japanese economy could contract in 2011, weighed down by the impact of the earthquake and tsunami in March, but added the country could expect a sharp rebound in the following year as reconstruction work proceeds.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers clad in protective gear head off on a search mission for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force search for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a point some 4.5 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

NAMIE, Japan - A rescue worker clad in protective gear searches for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a point some 4.5 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with its exhaust pipes seen in the background, in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Concert for victims in tsunami-hit site

NATORI, Japan - Violinist Katsumi Matsumoto (L) of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and others perform at a concert held May 8, 2011 at a site in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, flattened by the March 11 tsunami, to remember the victims of the disaster. Matsumoto said he was left speechless seeing how much was lost in the tsunami.

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New Yorkers run for disaster-hit Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese marathon runners Reiko Tosa (L, front) and Yoko Shibui (R, front) take part in a 4-mile ''Japan Run'' in New York City's Central Park, held to support disaster-hit Japan, on May 8, 2011. More than 5,000 runners took part in the event to raise donations for and show solidarity with Japan, which was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (facing) beats Toyonoshima (front) on the first day of a 15-day ''test meet'' at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. Sumo resumed that day after a match-fixing scandal caused cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March and following an earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Honda facility after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 8, 2011, shows a facility of Honda R&D Co., a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., in the town of Haga, Tochigi Prefecture, which was damaged by the March 11 quake.

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Japan disaster photo exhibition offers hope and reality

NEW YORK, United States - People visit a charity exhibition of news photos on Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami in New York on April 8, 2011. Japanese students at New York University started hosting the exhibition, under the auspices of Kyodo News, as part of support efforts for their home country. The event runs through April 18.

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Dumping spoiled seafood

KESENNUMA, Japan - A truck transports spoiled seafood from food processing companies to dump into the sea in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 8, 2011. Some 32,000 tons of fish and seafood have been left in inactive refrigerators and freezers at around 50 local seafood companies due to power outages caused by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Evacuees view cherry blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Evacuees from northeastern Japan visit the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to view cherry blossoms, escorted by a guide, on April 8, 2011. The evacuees, who fled their homes due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, are staying at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, western Tokyo.

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Toyota to resume production at all domestic plants

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda tells reporters in Nagoya on April 8, 2011, that the automaker will resume production at all domestic plants from April 18 in the aftermath of the massive March 11 earthquake in Japan.

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Toyota to resume production at all domestic plants

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gestures during a press briefing with reporters in Nagoya on April 8, 2011. Toyoda said the automaker will resume production at all domestic plants from April 18 in the aftermath of the massive March 11 earthquake in Japan.

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Search for tsunami victims continues

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Members of Self-Defense Forces on a boat search for people missing since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, in the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 8, 2011.

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Miyagi's largest aftershock

SENDAI, Japan - A man holds his head in his hands shortly after northeastern Japan was struck by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, the strongest aftershock since the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 quake, at a lobby of the Miyagi prefectural government office building in Sendai in the early hours of April 8, 2011.

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New 'smart fortwo' of Mercedes-Benz

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Daimler AG's special edition of its compact car ''smart fortwo.'' Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., an arm of the German automaker, launched ''smart fortwo edition nightorange coupe mhd'' in Japan on March 8, 2011.

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Site around Akihabara stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district around where Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians, of whom three were killed and two were injured, with a truck and fatally stabbed four people on the same day. The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kato to death on March 24, 2011, over the incident.

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Chinese petitioner on Beijing street

BEIJING, China - A man from China's Shaanxi Province cooks on a street in Beijing on March 8, 2011. About 200 people have been living on the streets in Beijing while waiting for their petitions about the conduct of local authorities and other issues to be addressed by the Chinese government.

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Election poster

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows one of four posters prepared by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan for unified regional elections in April 2011 and released by the party on March 8, 2011. The main slogan used in the poster is ''mae-e,'' meaning forward.