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2011 disaster: farmland then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Farmland devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami still appeared unfertile a year and a half later, as shown in the photo (top) taken in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2012. Most of the same farmland now is planted with crops, as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 1, 2014.

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Red-brick Tokyo Station building reopens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 24, 2012, shows a dome ceiling of the red-brick Tokyo Station building. The station building opened Oct. 1, 2012, after five years' restoration work to return the landmark to its original look in 1914.

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Red-brick Tokyo Station building reopens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 24, 2012, shows the red-brick Tokyo Station building. The station building opened Oct. 1, 2012, after five years' restoration work to return the landmark to its original look dating back to 1914.

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Red-brick Tokyo Station building reopens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 24, 2012, shows the red-brick Tokyo Station building. The station building opened Oct. 1, 2012, after five years' restoration work to return the landmark to its original look dating back to 1914.

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H.K. people protest national education

HONG KONG, China - People gather in a rally in Hong Kong in Sept. 1, 2012, to protest the introduction of Chin's "Moral and National Education" curriculum in the territory's public schools.

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Philippine quake

GUIWAN, Philippines - A resident examines her home in Guiwan on Samar Island, the Philippines, on Sept. 1, 2012, after the building was damaged by a major quake the previous day.

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Philippine quake

GUIWAN, Philippines - A police officer controls the traffic in Mercedes on Samar Island, the Philippines, on Sept. 1, 2012, at a bridge damaged by a major quake the previous day.

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Nashiro loses decision to WBA champ

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese challenger Nobuo Nashiro (R) and Thai champion Tepparith Kokietgym fight during their WBA super flyweight match in Osaka on Sept. 1, 2012. Nashiro failed in his second bid to regain the title, falling in a 2-0 decision to the champion.

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Mt. Fuji draws 246,616 climbers

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows climbers on Mt. Fuji in July 2012. A municipal government in Yamanashi said on Sept. 1, 2012, that the mountain drew 246,616 climbers during July and August, up about 20,000 from the previous year due mainly to fine weather.

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Japan's Olympic captain Yoshida joins Southampton

NARITA, Japan - Japan defender Maya Yoshida, who captained the Under-23 national side to fourth place at the London Olympics, holds the team logo of English Premier League club Southampton at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012. Yoshida has agreed to join the club from Dutch side VVV Venlo.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - Ryu Song Il, a North Korean Foreign Ministry official dealing with Japan affairs, leaves Beijing airport on Sept. 1, 2012, for home after taking part in talks with Japan.

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Tokyo survey ship to Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ship chartered by the Tokyo metropolitan government for a planned survey of the Senkaku Islands from nearby waters enters a port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2012. The metropolitan government plans to buy the islets controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan vandalized

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Workers clean a stone sign in front of the Interchange Association, Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan, in Taipei on Sept. 1, 2012, after the sign was vandalized. Chinese characters were painted on it reading "the memorial monument of comfort women."

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Japan envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) speaks during an event in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. To his right is Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - Ryu Song Il, a North Korean Foreign Ministry official dealing with Japan affairs, answers reporters' questions at Beijing airport on Sept. 1, 2012, before leaving for home from the Chinese capital where he took part in talks with Japan.

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Japan disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a rescue exercise involving a helicopter over Yokohama port near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012, as Japan held nationwide disaster drills.

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Japan disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter carrying Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda takes off from near the Diet compounds in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012, as Japan held nationwide disaster drills.

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Japan disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter carrying Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda takes off from near the Diet compounds in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012, as Japan held nationwide disaster drills.

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1st dam dismantling in Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo shows the Arase dam, built in 1955 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2012. Work to dismantle the dam began that day in the first project of its kind in Japan.

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Japan disaster drills

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Station workers guide people as though they were having difficulty going home at Minatomirai Station operated by Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Co. in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012. Japan held nationwide disaster drills that day.

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Japan disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012, as Japan held nationwide disaster drills.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2011. The two companies announced they have agreed to merge on Oct. 1, 2012, creating the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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Hulu cuts flat monthly rate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a woman pointing to the display on an iPad during a demonstration of the online video subscription service of U.S. provider Hulu in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011, when the provider launched the service in Japan in its first venture outside the United States. Hulu lowered its flat-rate service fee to 980 yen per month from 1,480 yen, effective on April 12, 2012, in a bid to lure more subscribers.