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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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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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Japanese golfer Koga to retire

TAKASAKI, Japan - Japanese golfer Miho Koga wipes away tears as she formally announces that she will retire at the end of this season during a press conference in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2011. The 2008 Japan LPGA money winner has struggled since injuring her left wrist in May 2009.

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Japanese golfer Koga to retire

TAKASAKI, Japan - Japanese golfer Miho Koga announces that she will retire at the end of this season during a press conference in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2011. The 2008 Japan LPGA money winner has struggled since injuring her left wrist in May 2009.

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Destroyed pier in Kesennuma

SENDAI, Japan - A pier in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, lies submerged on May 5, 2011, after the area sank due to the March 11 disaster.

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Mariners' Ichiro visits elementary school

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki watches a video with students at an elementary school in Seattle on May 5, 2011, part of the team's 14th annual Education Day. Mariners players and coaches challenged the students at six elementary schools to join the Mariner Moose DREAM Team by pledging to follow the DREAM principles -- Drug free, Respect for yourself and others, Education, Attitude and Motivation.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., the operator of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain, bows in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over the fatal food poisoning cases. The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at the barbecue restaurant chain rose to four on the day.

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DPJ quake task force deputy head plays golf in Philippines

MANILA, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan Vice President Hajime Ishii (L), deputy head of its task force to deal with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, plays golf in the suburbs of Manila on May 5, 2011.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 5, 2011, over a string of fatal food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at a ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain. The ministry asked prefectural governments to conduct emergency checks on whether restaurants serving raw meat are properly observing sanitation standards.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka (L, front), president of Foods Forus Co., prostrates himself in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over fatal food poisoning cases at the company's Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain. The death toll from food poisoning believed to be caused by raw meat served at the ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain rose to four that day.

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Giants' Ogasawara reaches 2,000th career hit

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara hits a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2011, his 2,000th hit in his 1,736th game. Ogasawara, 37, became the 38th player in Japanese baseball history to reach the milestone.

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Traditional Naha dragon boat race

NAHA, Japan - People compete in the annual traditional dragon boat race in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011.

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Edano visits tsunami-hit Natori

NATORI, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks to reporters as he visits the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 5, 2011.

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Giants' Ogasawara reaches 2,000th career hit

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara receives flowers as he recorded his 2,000th hit with a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2011, in his 1,736th game. Ogasawara, 37, became the 38th player in Japanese baseball history to reach the milestone.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - JR Tokyo Station is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, many of whom are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Giants' Ogasawara reaches 2,000th career hit

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara hits a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2011, his 2,000th hit in his 1,736th game. Ogasawara, 37, became the 38th player in Japanese baseball history to reach the milestone.

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Burned ship after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - People work on a ship which was hit by a fire after the March 11 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 5, 2011.

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Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

YAMADA, Japan - People attend an event to celebrate the Children's Day holiday on May 5, 2011, at Yamada Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The event was organized by the head priest of the shrine to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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Search for disaster victims in Natori

NATORI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 5, 2011.

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Carp streamers at elementary school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Carp streamers are flying on May 5, 2011, in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami. Putting up carp streamers is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, who are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Sharp to sell 70-inch liquid crystal television in U.S.

LAS VEGAS, United States - A presenter unveils a 70-inch liquid crystal television, which the company will release for sale in the United States in May, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2011, a day before the opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the city.