Univ. of Tokyo installs tidal power devices off Shiogama

Univ. of Tokyo installs tidal power devices off Shiogama

SHIOGAMA, Japan - The University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science installs a tidal power generation device in coastal waters of Sabusawa Island, Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 18, 2014. Two devices were installed for a demonstration experiment to provide electricity for the fisheries association of the island starting in February 2015.

Duty to work led midwife to put others' safety 1st in tsunami

Duty to work led midwife to put others' safety 1st in tsunami

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013 shows part of a page of the business diary at maternity hospital Ikeno Clinic in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, where midwife Yukie Aoyama works as a chief nurse. Written in the section of March 11, 2011 were encircled characters meaning a big earthquake. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

1st fish haul landed at Shiogama port since quake-tsunami

1st fish haul landed at Shiogama port since quake-tsunami

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Hundreds of tuna are laid down at a fish market in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, after being landed at Shiogama port on April 14, 2011, for the first time since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan on March 11. The port is one of the biggest fishing bases in northeastern Japan.

Dog rescued off tsunami-devastated coast

Dog rescued off tsunami-devastated coast

SHIOGAMA, Japan - A member of the Japan Coast Guard carries a rescued dog as he arrives at the port of Shiogama, in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. Coast guard members aboard a helicopter found the dog on a roof, believed to have been washed away by the March 11 tsunami, drifting some 1.8 kilometers off the coast, the previous day.