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Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan

Temporary tents are set up at an elementary school gymnasium used as an evacuation center in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2024, as Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan.

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Olympic torch in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan, March 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26.

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Mariners' Iwakuma heads amateur ball club for post-quake recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese hurler Hisashi Iwakuma assumes the post of general manager of an amateur baseball team launched in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, to help the northeastern Japan region recover from the 2011 disaster through "the power of baseball" at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Amateur baseball team officials, players strike pose

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (C, back row), other officials and players concerned with an amateur baseball team in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, pose at the northeastern Japan city club's inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Mariners' Iwakuma aids amateur ball team in north Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (far L), general manager of an amateur baseball team launched in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, speaks about the club designed to help the northeastern Japan region recover from the 2011 disaster through "the power of baseball" at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Stone monument describing tsunami terror unveiled

MORIOKA, Japan - A stone monument with an engraving of a poem describing the terror of a tsunami is unveiled in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Poet Yoshi Tabata, standing by the monument, experienced the two devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region in 1933 and 2011.

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Man shops at unmanned store in Iwate temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - A man shops at an unmanned store set up at a hall in a temporary housing complex for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in April 2014.

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

MIYAKO, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the coast of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the disaster. The disaster killed 15,884 people -- many from drowning -- and another 2,633 people remained missing as of March 10, 2014, according to the National Police Agency.

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Man in Miyako revives legendary jazz concert at local beach

MORIOKA, Japan - Yoichi Ogata, who revived a jazz concert at the Jodogahama beach in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, after a hiatus of two decades, stands at the beach on Aug. 25, 2013, the day when the concert dubbed "Jazz in Jodogahama" was held.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Taro area of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Fishery facilities are seen built in the latter.

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2 years after Japan quake

MIYAKO, Japan - Buddhist monks march while offering prayers on a levee in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2013, the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast.

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2 years after quake

MIYAKO, Japan - Photos show a road in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same road on March 1, 2013.

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Japan premier in disaster area

MIYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front center) views disaster areas from the top of a levee in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2012. The areas were hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (File photo)

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Comedian begins 440-km marathon in quake-hit northeast

YAMADA, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (R) speaks during an event in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in July 2012, about his plan to run 440 kilometers across Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Hazama began on Aug. 13 in the Iwate town of Yamada a nine-day marathon across the prefectures in northeastern Japan, the area hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in an effort to spread cheer among disaster-stricken local residents.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Poster project to support disaster-hit areas

MIYAKO, Japan - About 150 people gather for a photo shoot in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2012, for the poster project ''A Beacon of Rebirth'' which aims to support the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The levee in the back was swallowed by the tsunami on March 11, 2011. The proceeds from sales of the posters will be donated to disaster-hit municipalities.

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Ancient relics in disaster area

YAMAGATA, Japan - Fisherman Katsunori Takayashiki looks at the site of ancient remains in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in November 2011. His plan to build his home on higher ground after his original home was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami hit a snag after the remains of ancient dwellings at the site were discovered.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held Nov. 15, 2011, to open a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The facility was built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day.

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Debris transportation from quake-hit Miyako to Tokyo

MIYAKO, Japan - A truck leaves a temporary debris storage site in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011, after debris was loaded onto its container for transportation to Tokyo. Amid fears of contamination by radioactive substances leaked from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo is the only municipality, aside from some in the northeast, that has so far stepped forward to accept rubble from areas hit by the March disasters to help expedite reconstruction.

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Japanese performance in appreciation of Russian support

MOSCOW, Russia - A man performs as part of Kuromori Kagura, traditional Japanese dance and music passed down in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. The performance at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2011 was partly aimed at showing appreciation to Russian people for their support after the March quake and tsunami.

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5 months after quake, tsunami

MIYAKO, Japan - A woman lines up lanterns made from PET bottles in hope for the recovery of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, during an event in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2011, five months after the disaster.

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Japan marks 5 months after disaster

MIYAKO, Japan - Men participate in bidding at a fish market in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2011, five months after the March 11 killer earthquake and tsunami that hit the area. Fisheries in the prefecture, among areas devastated by the disaster, are being revitalized.

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Paper lanterns in Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Residents of temporary housing units in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami craft paper lanterns using milk cartons on July 28, 2011. They plan to light up about 2,000 lanterns on Aug. 11 to mark five months since the disaster, around the Obon holiday season in mid-August.

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Volunteers in tsunami-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - People listen to explanations after registering as volunteers to engage in work related to the March 11 tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on June 1, 2011.

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Volunteers in tsunami-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - People register as volunteers to engage in work related to the March 11 tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on June 1, 2011.

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Disaster-hit Miyako in March and June

MIYAKO, Japan - Combined photo shows a road littered with cars and a boat swept away by the March 11 tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (left frame), a day after the disaster, and the same road on June 4, 2011. The boat and the debris have been cleared away.

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Rikuchu Kaigan National Park

MIYAKO, Japan - A man (L) stands in front of Jodogahama beach on May 19, 2011, at Rikuchu Kaigan National Park in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Debris has been cleaned up by local residents and volunteer workers.

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Fishermen in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Members of a local fisheries association carry a log at Taro fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 19, 2011, as they clean up the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Empress Michiko talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at a gymnasium in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Mexican priest returns to Japan tsunami-hit area

MIYAKO, Japan - Mexican Catholic priest Marco Antonio de la Rosa (L back) holds a mass at a church on April 23, 2011, in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 devastating tsunami. De la Rosa, who has been residing in Japan for 25 years and was on a break in Mexico when the disaster hit the country, returned to the devastated city to support worshippers despite opposition from his relatives concerned about radiation leaks in Fukushima Prefecture.

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1st fish auction in Miyako after quake

MIYAKO, Japan - People participate in the first fish auction after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami at the fish market in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on April 11, a month after the disaster.

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Tsunami survivor says 'don't look back'

MIYAKO, Japan - Yoshi Akanuma, 93, speaks to her great-grandchild at an evacuation center in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Akanuma, who survived the 1933 Showa Sanriku Earthquake Tsunami and the March 11 tsunami in northeastern Japan, said one needs to ''not look back, but live with hope.'' She said her goal is to see her hometown recover.

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Quake aftermath in Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - An elderly couple walks through piles of debris in the quake-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2011. The area was devastated by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Tsunami aftermath in Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A housing complex lies sideways after being tipped over by tsunami in the quake-hit city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2011. The area was struck by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Doing laundry in tsunami-hit Iwate

MIYAKO, Japan - A woman does laundry in a river in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 24, 2011. The area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing massive tsunami on March 11.

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Student volunteers in Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Student volunteers organize clothing donated for quake and tsunami victims, at a music room in an elementary school serving as an evacuation center in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2011. The area was devastated by the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11.

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Destroyed levee in Iwate

MIYAKO, Japan - Photo taken on March 16, 2011, shows a coastal levee damaged by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.

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Japan quake aftermath

YAMADA, Japan - A man helps an elderly man carry water in the basket on his back in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 17, 2011, following a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami which struck the country on March 11.

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Japan's strongest-recorded quake

MIYAKO, Japan - A man surveys the destruction to the tsunami-devastated city of Miyako in Iwate Prefecture on March 12, 2011, a day after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country.

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Historic quake in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan - A person rides a bicycle through the rubble in the quake- and tsunami-hit city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011, a day after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan - A boat washed up by tsunami blocks a road in a residential area of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011, a day after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan - A bicycle rider passes by a car wreck in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2011, a day after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Senkaku Islands

MIYAKO, Japan - An image of the Japanese national flag is seen painted on a rock on the uninhabited Uotsuri Island, the largest island of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Oct. 9, 2010. A bipartisan group of four Japanese lawmakers flew over the islands the same day.

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(2)Ichiro visits Orix camp, takes batting practice

HIRARA, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (front) practices batting on the island of Miyako, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 6 as a number of fans look on. Ichiro returned to his old spring training stomping grounds for the first time in five years since leaving the Orix BlueWave for a career in the major leagues.