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Japanese high schooler at Fukushima festival in Paris

Paris, France - Rinoa Nakai of Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture talks with visitors on Aug. 31, 2014, at a booth at a two-day cultural event in Paris titled "Ring of Tohoku Rebirth," an OECD project to help the 2011 earthquake-hit northeastern Japanese region get back on its feet. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also visited the event.

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Monument for eternal memory of tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yusaku Yoshida (L), a 16-year-old high school student in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, and Tadayoshi Oguni, deputy chief of the Ando district neighborhood association, stand in front of a wooden monument Yoshida erected on a hill there on March 11, 2013 to indefinitely remember the devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku exactly two years earlier.

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Tokyo NPOs provide tutors for kids in quake-hit town

OTSUCHI, Japan - Aya Kawai deals with questions from a junior high school student at a tutorial class in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 2, 2012. She is a staff member of a free after-school program launched by Tokyo-based nonprofit organizations.

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011 shows paper cranes made and presented by elementary school children in Shizuoka Prefecture hanging outside a classroom of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. The building has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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U.S. envoy Roos in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos is welcomed by children at a high school in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 28, 2011. Roos visited the northeastern Japan prefecture, where one of two American teachers confirmed dead in the disaster had been working, to show continued U.S. support for the areas.

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U.S. envoy Roos in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) takes part in a barbecue for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture on June 28, 2011. Roos visited the northeastern Japan prefecture, where one of two American teachers confirmed dead in the disaster had been working, to show continued U.S. support for the areas.

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Hakuho send message to encourage student wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho holds a card with his palm print and autograph along with a message of encouragement at Miyagino stable in Tokyo on March 29, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association decided to send such cards and other items to members of the sumo club at Otsuchi Junior High School in quake-hit Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Students help run evacuation center

OTSUCHI, Japan - Students at Otsuchi High School in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which is sheltering around 700 quake evacuees, pose for photos as they clean utensils used to serve meals on March 17, 2011. The students are helping at the evacuation center, cooking, cleaning up and taking care of the elderly evacuees, while some have lost their homes or missing family members from the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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Giant coastal levee in response to quake-tsunami in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2015, shows high school students walking by an upright coastal levee under construction in the northeastern Japan city of Otsuchi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Taiwan students share disaster experiences through music

High school students from the Taiwanese city of Kaosiung (L), dressed in traditional ethnic costume, and students of Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, take part in an event at the Japanese school on June 29, 2015, to share through music their experiences in having survived massive natural disasters. Kaosiung suffered from massive typhoon-caused floods in 2009 while Iwate was devastated by earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Taiwan students share disaster experiences through music

High school students from the Taiwanese city of Kaosiung, which suffered from massive typhoon-triggered floods in 2009, perform during an event at Otsuchi High School in tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 29, 2015. The event was held for students from the two schools to share their experiences in having survived the natural disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Groundbreaking ceremony for new school in tsunami-hit town

A groundbreaking ceremony is conducted in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2015, to mark the start of construction of a primary-cum-secondary school building. (From L) Elementary schooler Mana Saito, Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa and junior high schooler Kinnosuke Hakoyama. The town was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students urge mayor to preserve tsunami-hit town hall

Kozo Hirano (standing), mayor of Otsuchi town in Iwate Prefecture, greets a group of local high school students on Nov. 17, 2015, in the northeastern Japan town during a discussion over his plan to demolish the former town hall that was destroyed by the 2011 tsunami. The students called for the ruins to be preserved instead so as to serve as a reminder of the disaster's lessons to future generations. Forty people, including the town's mayor at the time, were killed when massive tsunami waves hit the town hall on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Children walk in a corridor of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2011, which has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Classes at the temporary facility began the same day for the elementary schools and will begin on Sept. 22 for the junior high school. (Kyodo)

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Children are pictured on Sept. 20, 2011 in a classroom of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Classes at the temporary facility began the same day for the elementary schools and will begin on Sept. 22 for the junior high school. (Kyodo)

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Children study in a classroom of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2011, which has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Classes at the temporary facility began the same day for the elementary schools and will begin on Sept. 22 for the junior high school. (Kyodo)

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011 shows paper cranes made and presented by elementary school children in Shizuoka Prefecture hanging outside a classroom of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. The building has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy Roos in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) takes part in a barbecue for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture on June 28, 2011. Roos visited the northeastern Japan prefecture, where one of two American teachers confirmed dead in the disaster had been working, to show continued U.S. support for the areas. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy Roos in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos is welcomed by children at a high school in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 28, 2011. Roos visited the northeastern Japan prefecture, where one of two American teachers confirmed dead in the disaster had been working, to show continued U.S. support for the areas. (Kyodo)

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3 months since disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yui Juodate walks home from her junior high school in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Graduation after disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan - A student smiles as passes through an arch of parents' arms after a graduation ceremony at Otsuchi Kita Elementary School in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 29, 2011. The ceremony was held at nearby Otsuchi High School as the primary school was destroyed by the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho send message to encourage student wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho holds a card with his palm print and autograph along with a message of encouragement at Miyagino stable in Tokyo on March 29, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association decided to send such cards and other items to members of the sumo club at Otsuchi Junior High School in quake-hit Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Graduation after disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan - A student (C) receives his certificate from Otsuchi Junior High School principal Eiki Ono (L) as a graduation ceremony is held outdoors at an evacuation facility in the village of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2011. The village was hit hard by the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Graduation after disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan - Students and parents shed tears as a graduation ceremony for Otsuchi Junior High School is held at an evacuation facility in the village of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2011. The village was hit hard by the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Students help run evacuation center

OTSUCHI, Japan - Students at Otsuchi High School in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which is sheltering around 700 quake evacuees, pose for photos as they clean utensils used to serve meals on March 17, 2011. The students are helping at the evacuation center, cooking, cleaning up and taking care of the elderly evacuees, while some have lost their homes or missing family members from the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Japanese high schooler at Fukushima festival in Paris

Paris, France - Rinoa Nakai of Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture talks with visitors on Aug. 31, 2014, at a booth at a two-day cultural event in Paris titled "Ring of Tohoku Rebirth," an OECD project to help the 2011 earthquake-hit northeastern Japanese region get back on its feet. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also visited the event. (Kyodo)