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Rice-planting in disaster-hit Fukushima town

People plant rice seedlings at a paddy field in Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on May 23, 2024, for the first time since the March 2011 disaster, after an evacuation order was partially lifted in March 2023.

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Rice-planting in disaster-hit Fukushima town

People plant rice seedlings at a paddy field in Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on May 23, 2024, for the first time since the March 2011 disaster, after an evacuation order was partially lifted in March 2023.

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Princess Kako visits tsunami-hit city in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Princess Kako offers flowers on May 23, 2023, at a cenotaph for tsunami victims in a memorial park in Ishinomaki, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits tsunami-hit city in Miyagi Pref.

Japanese Princess Kako (R) on May 23, 2023, visits an elementary school in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki that has been preserved to keep alive the memory of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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American to ship back items lost in tsunami to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi holds a volleyball found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska, after the balls floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. The couple initially expressed their intention to deliver the items back to their original owners in person during their upcoming trip to Japan, but have now opted to ship them instead in consideration of the owners' privacy, David Baxter told Kyodo News on May 23, 2012.

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Kitakyushu starts trial incineration of quake-tsunami debris

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Opponents (L) of trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are prevented by a line of police from interfering with the work on May 23, 2012. Protesters cited fear of radioactive contamination as the disaster areas are closer to the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Matsuzaka makes 1st rehab start

SALEM, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a professional game for the first time since May 16, 2011, and since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June. Matsuzaka began a rehab assignment with the Single-A Advanced Salem in Salem, Virginia, on April 23, 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - People take photos of the Tokyo Sky Tree as it is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Sky Tree is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Sky Tree lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Stranded ship in Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - A large cargo ship, weighing 4,724 tons, remains stranded in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 23, 2011, after being washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami.

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Charity concert in London

LONDON, England - Japanese violinist Akiko Suwanai (C) plays as a soloist at a charity concert given by the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in London on May 23, 2011, to support relief efforts in the wake of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Tenor Domingo donates relief money

LOS ANGELES, United States - Tenor Placido Domingo (2nd from L) in Los Angeles on May 23, 2011, donates relief money to help people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. Domingo and Sebastian Musco, a vice chairman of the Los Angeles Opera, donated a total of $200,000. Standing 3rd from L is Junichi Ihara, consulate general of Japan in Los Angeles.

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H.K. chief eats sushi

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang (front) eats sushi during an event in the territory on May 23, 2011. About 70 senior local officials and lawmakers attended as Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong organized the event to offer Japanese cuisine using foodstuffs from Japan in an effort to promote Japanese food amid radiation fears due to a nuclear crisis at home.

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Nakata nets in return to Perugia in charity match for Sendai

PERUGIA, Italy - Retired Perugia hero Hidetoshi Nakata (3rd from R) and Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (4th from R) join arms as they played in a charity match in Perugia, Italy, to help the disaster-hit Japanese city of Sendai on May 23, 2011.

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Tunisian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamed Mouldi Kefi, foreign minister of the Tunisian transitional government, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Tunisian Embassy in Tokyo on May 23, 2011.

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Toyota, Salesforce.com to launch social network for EV customers

TOKYO, Japan - Salesforce.com Inc. chief executive Marc Benioff (R) shakes hands with Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., during a press conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2011, to announce a business tie-up between the U.S. information technology company and the Japanese automaker.

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Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 23, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The operator of the world's tallest tower said the same day it has begun work to dismantle four mammoth cranes used to erect the 634-meter-high tower.

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Sony to fall into red for 3rd year

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato attends a news conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2011, to announce that the company expects to fall into the red in fiscal 2010 for the third straight year with a group net loss of 260 billion yen due mainly to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sony to fall into red for 3rd year

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato (C) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on the company's financial performance on May 23, 2011.

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FIFA's Blatter, PM Kan meet

TOKYO, Japan - FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) hands a FIFA pennant as a gift to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 23, 2011.

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Attacked S. Korea island

SEOUL, South Korea - Fishermen prepare their gear before crab fishing season on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on May 23, 2011. The island near the Yellow Sea border came under a North Korean artillery attack in November 2010.

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Mizuho Bank replaces president

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tsukamoto (front), president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows during a press conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. He said the company will replace Mizuho Bank President Satoru Nishibori to take responsibility for a massive computer system glitch in March.

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Ship taken back to sea

KESENNUMA, Japan - A 379-ton tuna fishing ship is lifted up in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 23, 2011. The ship, one of a number of vessels beached on land after the March 11 tsunami, was taken back to the sea.

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Japan gov't, nuclear commission at odds

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) attends a meeting of a House of Representatives ad hoc committee on post-disaster restoration at the Diet building in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. On the front left is Haruki Madarame, chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan. The government and the commission have been at odds over why the injection of seawater into the troubled No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was temporarily suspended a day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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A-bomb survivors protest U.S. test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings stage a sit-in protest in Hiroshima on May 23, 2011, after media reports of U.S. conducting a new type of test to check the capabilities of its nuclear weapons.

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. On the right is an official of the ministry. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Fukushima parents protest

TOKYO, Japan - Parents and their children from Fukushima Prefecture protest the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and middle schools in the nuclear disaster-stricken prefecture as they visited the education ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. The parents demanded the government retract its stance that it is safe for schoolchildren to use school playgrounds as long as the dose they are exposed to does not exceed 20 millisieverts over a year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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FIFA head in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) and Japanese sports minister Yoshiaki Takaki shake hands at the ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011.