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Sunflower field lit up in Wakayama Pref.

A sunflower field is lit up in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Shingu, western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, to highlight the region's reconstruction from devastating torrential rain that hit the Kii Peninsula in September 2011, leaving 14 people dead or missing.

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Sunflower field lit up in Wakayama Pref.

A sunflower field is lit up in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Shingu, western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, to highlight the region's reconstruction from devastating torrential rain that hit the Kii Peninsula in September 2011, leaving 14 people dead or missing.

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Sunflower field lit up in Wakayama Pref.

A sunflower field is lit up in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Shingu, western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, to highlight the region's reconstruction from devastating torrential rain that hit the Kii Peninsula in September 2011, leaving 14 people dead or missing.

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People from tsunami-hit city perform drumming in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of Japanese drum players performs a "Hikamidaiko" style of drumming originating in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city hard hit by the 2011 tsunami, during this year's Japan-South Korea cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, 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

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, 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

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists start the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, 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

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves as she reaches the goal in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, 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 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

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy gives a speech in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014, before the start of the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally. The ambassador was among 2,800 cyclists who 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 tastes minced saury soup 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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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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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally ride 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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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally ride 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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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October.

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October.

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Police funeral in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers carry cremated remains of fellow officers after a funeral in Sendai on Sept. 20, 2011. The police funeral for 14 Miyagi prefectural police officers who died or went missing in the line of duty in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster was held in the city on the same day.

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Extra Diet session extended by 14 days

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2011, which decided to extend the ongoing extraordinary parliament session by 14 days.

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Autumn sumo tourney draws low attendance

TOKYO, Japan - Australian travelers (front) watch sumo bouts in scarcely-occupied box seats at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Attendance at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament sank to record low levels on weekdays, reflecting a dearth of foreign tourists in the wake of Japan's earthquake-tsunami disaster and fan disappointment at a match-fixing scandal.

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Camry collision test in U.S.

ANN ARBOR, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. shows to reporters a collision test on its Camry sedan in the suburbs of Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sept. 14, 2011.

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Daimler to supply platform for Nissan's luxury car brand

FRANKFURT, Germany - Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche (L) and Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (R) hold a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept, 14, 2011. The two automakers announced they have agreed that Daimler will supply a platform for use in Nissan's Infiniti luxury brand cars.

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U.S. envoy Feltman in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tripoli on Sept. 14, 2011. Feltman met with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, leader of Libya's National Transitional Council, the same day.

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N. Korean defectors in Japan

OMURA, Japan - A bus carrying North Korean defectors enters an immigration facility in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japanese government plans to transfer the defectors, a group of nine people including three children who were found adrift aboard a wooden boat off the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, to South Korea in accordance with their desire.

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Toyota holds ground-breaking ceremony for 2nd Indonesian plant

KARAWANG, Indonesia - PT. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia President Masahiro Nonami (2nd from R) and others attend a Toyota Motor Corp.'s ground-breaking ceremony in Karawang, the suburbs of Jakarta, on Sept. 14, 2011, for its second Indonesian factory in Karawang. The new factory is expected to begin its production in 2013.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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U.S. envoy Derek Mitchell

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. special representative and coordinator for policy on Myanmar Derek Mitchell speaks to reporters at Yangon international airport in Myanmar on Sept. 14, 2011, as he wrapped up his six-day visit to the country. Mitchell urged leaders of Myanmar's new government to prove skeptics wrong about its commitment to human rights and democracy.

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Homasho defeats Harumafuji

TOKYO, Japan - Top-ranked maegashira Homasho (back) pushes ozeki Harumafuji out of the ring at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011, the fourth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji, eyeing promotion to yokozuna, suffered his second defeat of the tournament.

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N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

KOMATSU, Japan - A plane of the Japan Coast Guard (front) carrying nine defectors from North Korea approaches the runway prior to take off from Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2011 to take them to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

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PlayStation Vita

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PlayStation Vita, a new video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the game unit of Sony Corp. SCE said Sept. 14, 2011, that it plans to release the game console in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011.

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Asasekiryu beats Takanoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Asasekiryu (back) beats Takanoyama by rear pull down at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011, on the fourth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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PM Noda, LDP's Tanigaki at parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photos show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Sadakazu Tanigaki, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaking at the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011.

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N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

KOMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2011 shows a helicopter, which is believed to be carrying nine defectors from North Korea, landing at Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture. The defectors will then board a plane of the Japan Coast Guard (back) to be transported to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

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N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

KOMATSU, Japan - A person, believed to be one of nine defectors from North Korea, is seen on a helicopter which is about to land at Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2011. The defectors will then board a plane of the Japan Coast Guard to be transported to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

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N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter, which is believed to be carrying nine defectors from North Korea, taking off from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo off the coast of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2011. The nine will be transported to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture by coast guard plane from Komatsu airport. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

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N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

KOMATSU, Japan - A helicopter, which is believed to be carrying nine defectors from North Korea, is about to land at Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2011. The defectors will then board an airplane of the Japan Coast Guard to be transported to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

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3rd "Tour de Tohoku" bicycle race planned to support post-quake recovery

Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. President Masahiko Ichiriki addresses a preparatory committee meeting for the Tour de Tohoku 2015 bicycle race on April 14, 2015, at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai, northeastern Japan. The Sept. 13 race will be organized by the Sendai-based newspaper publisher and Yahoo Japan Corp. for the third consecutive year to support the recovery of the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3rd "Tour de Tohoku" bicycle race set to support post-quake recovery

Yahoo Japan Corp. President Manabu Miyasaka (standing) greets other participants at a preparatory committee meeting for the Tour de Tohoku 2015 bicycle race on April 14, 2015, at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai, northeastern Japan. The Sept. 13 race will be organized by Yahoo and Sendai-based newspaper publisher Kahoku Shimpo for the third consecutive year to support the recovery of the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo (top) taken on March 14, 2011, shows a large fishery vessel that drifted into the tsunami-devastated Kesennuma city in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Photo (middle) shows the same area on Sept. 10, 2013, while photo (bottom) taken on Feb. 21, 2021, shows shops and public houses (R) for the affected people ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Souvenir fair held to help businesses in disaster-hit northern Japan

Retailers listen to a food producer (L) explain his products at an event in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2015, aimed at choosing excellent souvenirs from the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku. The Reconstruction Agency organized the event to help local businesses affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's chief nuclear regulator pledges to improve safety

Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Yoshiaki Oka speaks at the 59th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 14, 2015. Oka pledged to redouble efforts for improved safety of nuclear reactors taking lessons learned from the 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO unveils facility to discharge treated groundwater into sea

Tokyo Electric Power Co. shows the press on Sept. 14, 2015, its facility for releasing into the ocean groundwater filtered after being pumped up from wells around damaged reactor buildings at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima. It is part of the utility's effort to curb the amount of contaminated water at the complex devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing meltdowns. (Pool photo by Asahi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Souvenir fair held to help businesses in disaster-hit northern Japan

Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita (front) listens to a food producer at an event in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2015, aimed at choosing excellent souvenirs from the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku. The Reconstruction Agency organized the event to help local businesses affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October. (Kyodo)