Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United Sates - A high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, shakes hands with a U.S. Navy vice admiral, who participated in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort, in Pasadena, California, on Dec. 31, 2014. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

E

Miyagi high school students practice for Rose Parade

PASADENA, United States - High school students from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, practice music on Dec. 31, 2014, before participating in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, to show their gratitude for the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

E

Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

E

Japan quake memorial ceremony on U.S. aircraft carrier

SAN DIEGO, United States - Rear Adm. Patrick Hall (L), the commander of Carrier Strike Group Nine, speaks at a memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, on the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at the Coronado naval base in California on March 11, 2014, the disaster's third anniversary. The aircraft carrier was used in the Operation Tomodachi relief mission shortly after the disaster. At right is Capt. Christopher Bolt, the commanding officer of the USS Ronald Reagan.

E

Japan quake memorial ceremony on U.S. aircraft carrier

SAN DIEGO, United States - A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011 is held on the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at the Coronado naval base in California on March 11, 2014, the disaster's third anniversary. The aircraft carrier was used in the Operation Tomodachi relief mission shortly after the disaster.

E

Japan disaster-hit students in U.S.

SAN DIEGO, United States - Mami Onodera (2nd from L) and Aki Kikuchi (3rd from L) visit the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, on March 26, 2013. They are among a group of students from disaster-hit Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, who met with U.S. military personnel who took part in Operation Tomodachi relief efforts in the Great East Japan Earthquake two years ago.

E

Japan disaster-hit students in U.S.

SAN DIEGO, United States - A group of students from disaster-hit Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, visits the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, on March 26, 2013. They met with U.S. military personnel who took part in Operation Tomodachi relief efforts in the Great East Japan Earthquake two years ago.

E

U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

E

Families from Fukushima Pref. aboard U.S. destroyer Mustin

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Families from quake- and tsunami-hit Fukushima Prefecture visit the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Mustin, which took part in Operation Tomodachi, at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2011. ''Helping Hands,'' a group of U.S. military personnel families who have been supporting people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, invited them to the base.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd from R, front)thanks members of U.S. forces at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

E

Capt. Burke of U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on April 20, 2011, reflecting on the quake-relief mission dubbed Operation Tomodachi -- meaning friendship in Japanese. The crew members of the vessel provided relief supplies to 55 locations through April 4.

E

U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Seven at the Ronald Reagan Strike Group, speaks in a press conference aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

E

U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's skipper, Capt. Thom Burke, speaks in a press conference aboard the vessel at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 28, 2011, shows the U.S. amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan. The ship is engaged in carrying relief goods to areas devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a post-disaster operation called ''Tomodachi'' (friends), in which more than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are taking part.

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. military personnel transport relief goods to a helicopter from a U.S. naval vessel on March 29, 2011, in the Pacific off the Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel have been taking part in a post-disaster operation called ''Tomodachi'' (friends) to deliver relief items to disaster-hit areas.

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

OFF SANRIKU COAST, Japan - A U.S. military member (R) receives radiation screened on the U.S. amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan, upon arrival on March 28, 2011. The ship has been engaged in Operation Tomodachi, providing relief after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

OFF SANRIKU COAST, Japan - U.S. Navy sailors pack aid supplies in cardboard boxes aboard the amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan, on March 28, 2011. The ship has been engaged in Operation Tomodachi, providing relief after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Ceremony to commemorate Tomodachi Operation

Photo taken March 2, 2016, shows a member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces singing with a U.S. military band on March 2, 2016, at the Defense Department near Washington during a ceremony to commemorate the U.S. military's Operation Tomodachi rescue and relief mission to assist the March 2011 disaster-damaged areas in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japanese man plants cherry trees to thank U.S. for 2011 quake aid

Nobuo Hara, a Japanese resident in the United States, examines at a cherry tree near Dayton, Ohio, the United States, on April 19, 2015. He and others have planted 550 cherry trees around Dayton to show their gratitude for the U.S. military's "Operation Tomodachi" and civil support following the 2011 quake and tsunami devastated Japan. Seen in the back is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Crew swap ceremony for U.S. aircraft carriers held in San Diego

A crew swap ceremony takes place on the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's deck in San Diego, California, on Aug. 24, 2015. Nearly two-thirds of the servicemembers who departed Japan aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington are returning to Yokosuka on the Reagan which left San Diego on Aug. 31 for its new home. The departure of the Reagan, which was operated in Operation Tomodachi to support Japan's northeastern region soon after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is part of the three-carrier swap involving the Reagan, the Washington and the Theodore Roosevelt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd from R, front)thanks members of U.S. forces at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past. (Kyodo)

E

Capt. Burke of U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on April 20, 2011, reflecting on the quake-relief mission dubbed Operation Tomodachi -- meaning friendship in Japanese. The crew members of the vessel provided relief supplies to 55 locations through April 4. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Seven at the Ronald Reagan Strike Group, speaks in a press conference aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's skipper, Capt. Thom Burke, speaks in a press conference aboard the vessel at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. military personnel transport relief goods to a helicopter from a U.S. naval vessel on March 29, 2011, in the Pacific off the Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel have been taking part in a post-disaster operation called ''Tomodachi'' (friends) to deliver relief items to disaster-hit areas. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 28, 2011, shows the U.S. amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan. The ship is engaged in carrying relief goods to areas devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a post-disaster operation called ''Tomodachi'' (friends), in which more than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are taking part. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

OFF SANRIKU COAST, Japan - U.S. Navy sailors pack aid supplies in cardboard boxes aboard the amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan, on March 28, 2011. The ship has been engaged in Operation Tomodachi, providing relief after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

E

CORRECTED U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

OFF SANRIKU COAST, Japan - CORRECTED WORDS A U.S. military member (R) receives radiation screened on the U.S. amphibious assault ship the Essex in the Pacific off the disaster-hit Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan, upon arrival on March 28, 2011. The ship has been engaged in Operation Tomodachi, providing relief after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)

E

Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo)

E

Families from Fukushima Pref. aboard U.S. destroyer Mustin

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Families from quake- and tsunami-hit Fukushima Prefecture visit the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Mustin, which took part in Operation Tomodachi, at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2011. ''Helping Hands,'' a group of U.S. military personnel families who have been supporting people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, invited them to the base. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)