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Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai High Court on Nov. 27 upheld a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt the plant's No. 2 unit, which restarted in October as the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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New Year in disaster area

ONAGAWA, Japan - A former residential area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 2011 tsunami is lit by the New Year's sunrise on Jan. 1, 2012.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) smiles as she receives minced saury soup from a local woman at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally view a building devastated by the 2011 tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of the Tohoku region hit by the disaster.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Upland residential area being built in disaster-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Construction of an upland residential area is under way on Sept. 11, 2014, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011.

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Tsunami-hit police box in Onagawa, Miyagi Pref.

ONAGAWA, Japan - A "koban" police box destroyed by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is pictured in July 2011 (upper frame) and on March 6, 2014 (lower frame). Talks are underway about whether to preserve the police box as a relic from the disaster.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A firefighter watches the sea from a hill in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:44 a.m. on April 3, 2014, around the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Tsunami-hit town's uphill race as evacuation reminder

SENDAI, Japan - Dai Suzuki (R) outsprints to win an uphill race in his hometown of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2014, for the second consecutive year. The race is held as a reminder of the importance to flee to higher ground in the event of an earthquake and possible tsunami after the town in northeastern Japan was devastated in the March 2011 quake and tsunami disaster.

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Guardian deity carved out of tsunami-hit cherry trees

SENDAI, Japan - A 60-centimeter-tall Jizo, a guardian deity of children, made of wood from two cherry trees that temporarily survived the March 2011 massive tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, is pictured on March 12, 2014. A consecration ceremony was held in the town the same day.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 13, 2012, shows a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of the facility, which will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - A ceremony is held Oct. 13, 2012, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture to mark the completion of a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid. The facility in the town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed.

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Tokyo accepts debris from Onagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 2, 2012, shows debris (L) created by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, which has been delivered to a garbage incineration plant in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, with the Japanese capital's regular garbage seen at the right bottom. The Tokyo metropolitan government the same day started accepting debris from the town severely hit by the disaster.

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Tokyo accepts debris from Onagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Debris created by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, arrives at a garbage incineration plant in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 2, 2012. The Tokyo metropolitan government the same day started accepting debris from the town severely hit by the disaster.

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Tokyo accepts debris from Onagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Debris created by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, arrives at a garbage incineration plant in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 2, 2012. The Tokyo metropolitan government the same day started accepting debris from the town severely hit by the disaster.

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Quake, tsunami rubble heads to Tokyo

ONAGAWA, Japan - Rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is loaded into containers in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 1, 2012, to be transported to Tokyo for disposal. A large amount of rubble is still left in areas hit by the disaster.

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Quake, tsunami rubble heads to Tokyo

ONAGAWA, Japan - Rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is loaded into containers in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 1, 2012, to be transported to Tokyo for disposal. A large amount of rubble is still left in areas hit by the disaster.

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5 Chinese to resume job training after surviving tsunami

NARITA, Japan - Five Chinese trainees arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. They returned to Japan to resume training at a seafood-processing plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, after surviving the March 11, 2011, tsunami that swept away the company's executive officer who helped them to escape and later lost his life.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - Some 400 local children gather to take a tour of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard which made a port call to enhance friendly ties in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. The Safeguard worked side-by-side with the Japan Coast Guard in support of Operation Tomodachi to clear waterways in northeastern Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - Local children take a tour inside the wheelhouse of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard which made a port call to enhance friendly ties in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. The Safeguard assisted in salvage recovery operations in northeastern Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi with other navy assets after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - A crew member of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard explains to children about diving gear on the ship which made a port call to promote friendship in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. About 400 children were invited to take a tour of the vessel that took part in Operation Tomodachi along with other navy assets after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photos of an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 16, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris of buildings demolished by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been removed.

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Disaster-hit cemetery in March and June

ONAGAWA, Japan - Combined photo shows a cemetery in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 21, 2011 (top frame), with grave stones toppled and a train left by the March 11 tsunami, and the same cemetery on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Disaster-hit Onagawa in March and June

ONAGAWA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (left frame), a week after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (right frame). Much of the debris has been cleared away but a car swept atop the roof of a building by the tsunami remains.

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Chinese Premier Wen visits disaster-hit Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks about Mitsuru Sato, a Japanese man who helped evacuate 20 Chinese trainees before being killed in the March 11 tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during his visit to the disaster-hit city of Natori in the prefecture on May 21, 2011. Wen praised Sato for helping others regardless of nationality.

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Tsunami aftermath in Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - A fishing net remains tangled on a cherry tree in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 22, 2011.

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Tsunami aftermath in Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - People walk along a road blocked by a ship washed ashore by a tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 13, 2011, over a month after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Peruvian ambassador in quake-hit Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - Peruvian Ambassador to Japan Juan Carlos Capunay (L) talks with Amira Abe (2nd from R), a Peruvian national, at an evacuation shelter in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster. About 70 Peruvian nationals in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have been affected by the disaster, according to the Peruvian Embassy.

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Father, son in quake-hit Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - A man and his son sit on the stairs surrounded by debris in the quake-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Man in quake-hit Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - A man stands beside a torn down building in the quake-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Residents guard against crime in disaster areas

ONAGAWA, Japan - Residents in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, patrol the pitch black neighborhood at night on March 26, 2011. The town was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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S. Korean flutist gives concert for evacuees

ONAGAWA, Japan - South Korean flutist Song Solnamoo, 34, gives a charity concert at a gymnasium in the disaster-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 29, 2011.

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Leaned building at disaster area

ONAGAWA, Japan - A wrecked building leans in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 27, 2011. The area was hit hard by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - A person reads encouragement letters posted at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, from fifth-graders at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, on March 21, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2011, shows an encouragement letter from a fifth-grader at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, to students at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Quake aftermath in Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - A train car swept away by a tsunami lies in a heavily damaged cemetery in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 21, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Quake aftermath in Miyagi

RIFU, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train lying on its side in a graveyard in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011, after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Children in quake-hit Iwate

ONAGAWA, Japan - Two brothers return to their shelter after confirming their mother's death at a morgue in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 18, 2011, after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Life in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

ONAGAWA, Japan - A woman pushes collected rain water in a bucket on a cart in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011. A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11.