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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits nuclear plant in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and her son Jack Schlossberg (R) wearing protective suits and masks are briefed during their visit to the central control room for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 14, 2014. The plant was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Trees planted to reforest tsunami-hit area in northern Japan

MIYAKO, Japan - People plant young trees to reforest an area in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2014, to regenerate tide barrier forests lost in the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan quake charity concert in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Members of a folk dance company from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia perform on May 14, 2012, during a charity concert event at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa takes to the pitch in the 88th minute of a match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Kagawa, who was injured in January's Asian Cup, made his return coming on as a substitute in the club's 3-1 win.

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Wolfsburg beat Hoffenheim

DORTMUND, Germany - Wolfsburg's Makoto Hasebe (front) vies for the ball during a German Bundesliga match against Hoffenheim, in Hoffenheim, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Wolfsburg won 3-1.

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Dortmund's Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa wears Japan's national flag as he holds the German soccer championship trophy in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011, after the Bundesliga champions' beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the club's final league game of the season.

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China's Ding Ning wins table tennis women's singles gold

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ding Ning of China shows off her gold medal after winning the women's singles competition at the world table tennis championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 14, 2011.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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May Technical Examination Tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tochinoshin (top) and Asasekiryu fall out of the ring in a spirited bout during the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Tochinoshin won the match with a frontal force out.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Kawai tied for 3rd-round lead at Japan PGA C'ship

ONO, Japan - Hiroo Kawai of Japan launches a shot during the Japan PGA Championship at Onotoyo Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on May 14, 2011. Kawai is tied for the third round lead at 6-under 207 with South Korea's Bae Sang Moon.

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Lee, Goh to leave Cabinet of Singapore

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Lee Kuan Yew (L), Singapore's founding father, and Goh Chok Tong, former prime minister of Singapore. The two leaders said they would leave their Cabinet posts in a joint statement released on May 14, 2011, following general elections.

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Astronaut Noguchi encourages children in Natori

NATORI, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi visits an evacuation shelter in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 14, 2011, to encourage children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Astronaut Wakata encourages children in Ofunato

KAMAISHI, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata answers questions from children at Ofunato Junior High School in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on May 14, 2011, during his visit to the area to encourage children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Handwritten newspaper from Ishinomaki exhibited

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A woman reads a handwritten newspaper issued shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster by the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a daily in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, exhibited at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on May 14, 2011. The paper had been exhibited at the Newseum, a museum in Washington, and is being provided to the museum in Yokohama on loan.

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Crown Prince Naruhito meets evacuees in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) talks on May 14, 2011, with evacuees from Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during his visit to Toyama to attend a pro-green campaign event. (Pool Photo)

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PM Kan, Fukushima Gov. Sato at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato talk at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Kan told Sato that the government will responsibly provide compensation over the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant by enacting special legislation.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

NAGOYA, Japan - A display in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan, at 10:23 a.m. on May 14, 2011, indicates output of the No. 5 reactor (H5) at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture falling to zero. The No. 3 unit has already been suspended for regular checkups and the No.4 unit was halted the previous day following a request by the government to suspend the whole plant as a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line.

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Seafood market in disaster-hit Shiogama

SHIOGAMA, Japan - People examine fish and other marine products at a store in the intermediate wholesaler market in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 14, 2011. Almost all of some 350 shops in the market have resumed business more than two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, while the store has been buying fish from the Hokkaido and Kyushu areas to overcome shortages of local products.