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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a new residential area neighboring a large temporary housing complex in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2013, about two and a half years after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Work has begun to add soil to areas where houses and commercial facilities are to be reconstructed.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yamada Bay in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). Oysters and scallops are cultured on rafts in array (latter).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 27, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and a restored pine at the same location about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The building (front in the former) for JR Rikuchu-Yamada Station is not in the latter.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Taro area of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Fishery facilities are seen built in the latter.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The signatures of Japan's Jutaro Komura and Kogoro Takahira are seen in the photo.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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ANA plane flew almost belly-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows a Boeing 737-700 aircraft of All Nippon Airways Co. An ANA jetliner of the same type briefly flew almost belly-up at a height of 10,000 meters off Shizuoka Prefecture due to co-pilot error on Sept. 6, 2011.

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ANA plane flew almost belly up after co-pilot error

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. Senior Executive Vice President Shin Nagase (R) bows in apology during a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. An ANA jetliner briefly flew almost belly up at a height of 10,000 meters off Shizuoka Prefecture due to co-pilot error on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Boeing 787 'Dreamliner'

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken Aug. 6, 2011, shows Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft called the ''Dreamliner'' in Everett in the state of Washington. All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to receive contractual delivery of the first 787 at the Boeing plant in the U.S. city on Sept. 25, 2011, Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a commemoration ceremony the next day. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sept. 28, Japan time. ANA plans to launch domestic flight services with the Dreamliner from November.

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City of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2011, shows a view of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a number of films have been shot.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles down the middle in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 6, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 2-1 victory for the Mariners.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits the outfield wall after catching Vernon Wells' fly ball in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 6, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 2-1 victory for the Mariners.

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Colombian President Santos

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during an interview at the presidential palace in Bogota on Sept. 6, 2011. Santos said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), left-wing guerrillas known for having carried out murders and kidnappings of people including Japanese nationals, is on the verge of collapse due to the government's search and destroy operations.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SHINCHI, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, (from top) on March 12, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that a railway station and trains damaged by the March 11 tsunami have been removed and grass has grown.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of a residential district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 11, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that the district was engulfed by tsunami on March 11 and that the only house remaining there on June 3 has been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture (from top) on March 11, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that the airport inundated by the March 11 tsunami has resumed operation.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of a fishing port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 12, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that debris floating along the shores due to the March 11 tsunami has mostly been removed.

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Indians' Fukudome homers 2 games in row

CLEVELAND, United States - Kosuke Fukudome of the Cleveland Indians watches his solo home run over the right-field fence, the homer in two consecutive games, in the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 6, 2011. The Indians were defeated 10-1.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) celebrates with teammates including Shinji Kagawa (R) after scoring an equalizer in the 65th minute of a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Japan drew with Uzbekistan 1-1.

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Astronaut Furukawa receives medical checkup

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (shown in displays) aboard the International Space Station sticks out his tongue during a medical checkup using a real-time data transmission system connecting the ISS and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on the night of Sept. 6, 2011.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni gives directions to players in a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Japan drew with Uzbekistan 1-1.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's national soccer team members including defender Yuichi Komano (far R) and goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (2nd from R) concede the opening goal to Uzbekistan in the eighth minute of a game in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Shinji Okazaki scored an equalizer in the 65th minute of the game, which ended 1-1.

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Prime Minister Noda at Japan-India meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda makes a speech at the Japan-India Global Partnership Summit 2011 held in a Tokyo hotel on the night of Sept. 6, 2011.

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'Himizu' at Venice film festival

VENICE, Italy - (from L) Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido, director Sion Sono and actor Shota Sometani sign autographs after a press conference on their film ''Himizu'' at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

TOTSUKAWA, Japan - Photo shows the debris of two houses destroyed in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

GOJO, Japan - Photo shows the debris of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Nagatono power plant in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after it was destroyed by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (2nd from R) dives to connect with a cross and head in a goal in the 65th minute of a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Okazaki gave Japan a point in a 1-1 draw away to Uzbekistan.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

SHINGU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 6, 2011, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter in an area hit by Typhoon Talas in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. The helicopter brought relief supplies to be delivered to people cut off due to severed roads in the area.

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Taiwan opposition leader Tsai

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen (L), leader of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Taipei hotel on Sept. 6, 2011. Tsai said during her meeting with Abe that she will visit Japan in early October, a move that is likely to draw strong opposition from China.

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'Himizu' at Venice film festival

VENICE, Italy - (from L) Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido, director Sion Sono and actor Shota Sometani hold a press conference on their film ''Himizu'' at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement.

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Toyota launches leisure boat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Ponam-35 leisure boat put on sale by Toyota Motor Corp. on Sept. 6, 2011. The boat is equipped with two 4.5-liter diesel engines based on Toyota's Land Cruiser sport utility vehicle to ensure high output and reduce emissions, the Japanese automaker said.

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Sawa's 33rd birthday

JINAN, China - Homare Sawa, captain of Japan's national women's soccer team, receives 33 roses from reporters in Jinan, China, on her 33rd birthday on Sept. 6, 2011. The team is in China to take part in the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe (L) and writer Keiko Ochiai attend a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 6, 2011. They released a statement calling on Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to bid farewell to nuclear power. Writers and musicians, including Oe and Ochiai as well as popular musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, will hold an antinuclear rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people while collecting 10 million signatures for denuclearization, in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Chinese Vice Premier Li and Toyota Chairman Cho

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L front) shakes hands with Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2011. Cho is leading a Japanese business delegation to China.

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children.

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Nikkei ends at lowest level since April 2009

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down 193.89 points, or 2.21 percent, at 8,590.57 on Sept. 6, 2011. The key Japanese stock index is currently at its lowest level since April 2009.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A man cleans up a room which was flooded due to the influence of Typhoon Talas in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Search for missing after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces dig up a car buried in mud as they search for missing people in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011. The area was hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Search for missing after typhoon

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers looking for missing people at a submerged junior high school due to flooding caused by Typhoon Talas in the village of Tenkawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at Kennedy international airport in New York on Aug. 6, 2011. Ban said in the interview that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is eager to attend the United Nations' high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security on Sept. 22, indicating the premier's ambition to stay in office longer than he has indicated.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run on a formerly heavily-damaged railway bridge in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.