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Temporary homes for quake victims stand on reinforced hill

YAMADA, Japan - Temporary homes built for evacuees from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 stand on a rise of land, reinforced to avoid slides and fend off tsunami, in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2014.

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Temporary homes for quake victims stand below enhanced slope

YAMADA, Japan - Temporary homes built for evacuees from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 stand below a slope, reinforced to avoid slides, in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sept. 7, 2014.

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Man helps Bhutanese understand ways to manage money

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 7, 2013, in Tokyo shows Takao Takahashi, who published a book titled "Bhutan de Honto no Shiawase ni Tsuite Kangaete Mimashita" (I thought about real happiness in Bhutan) based on his one-year experience as a fellow or aide to the Bhutanese prime minister from August 2011.

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Mickey Mouse in disaster area

OFUNATO, Japan - Mickey Mouse and some other Disney characters parade on Sept. 7, 2013 in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, a city hit hard by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Mickey Mouse in disaster area

OFUNATO, Japan - Mickey Mouse and some other Disney characters parade on Sept. 7, 2013 in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, a city hit hard by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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English workshops help foreign moms prepare for quakes

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign mothers learn Japanese vocabulary essential during an earthquake, such as "hinan" (evacuate) and "yoshin" (aftershocks), during an English-speaking workshop in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012. To help ease concerns about earthquakes among expatriates, especially foreign mothers with young children and those who do not speak Japanese, WaNavi Japan, a citizens' group based in the Tokyo metropolitan area, began organizing in May 2011 monthly workshops to prepare them for future emergency situations.

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English workshops help foreign moms prepare for quakes

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign mothers take part in an emergency drill during an English-speaking workshop in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012. To help ease concerns about earthquakes among expatriates, especially foreign mothers with young children and those who do not speak Japanese, WaNavi Japan, a citizens' group based in the Tokyo metropolitan area, began organizing in May 2011 monthly workshops to prepare them for future emergency situations.

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English workshops help foreign moms prepare for quakes

TOKYO, Japan - Motoko Kimura (front), representative of WaNavi Japan, a citizens' group based in the Tokyo metropolitan area, gives a lecture during an English-speaking workshop in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012. To help ease concerns about earthquakes among expatriates, especially foreign mothers with young children and those who do not speak Japanese, WaNavi began organizing in May 2011 monthly workshops to prepare them for future emergency situations.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Armored vehicles of U.S. forces operate in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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People in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Children gather near U.S. soldiers standing guard in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A U.S. soldier adjusts the sights of his rifle in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. soldiers are seen in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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People in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - An American woman (L) who works as interpreter for the U.S. forces chats with local residents in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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People in post-Gaddafi Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Photo shows a market in Tripoli's old city on Sept. 7, 2011. People have started to return to the market after battles between Libyan rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's forces which lasted about six months.

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Iwate duo sings of hope of 'returning home' after disaster

OFUNATO, Japan - Kazuya Satomi (L) and Jun Sugawara of the musical duo Lawblow stand in a disaster-hit area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. A song they wrote and perform has become popular among locals by expressing hope of a return to normal daily life in their home area, which was devastated by the March 11 quake and disaster.

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Japan thanks Southern California for disaster aid

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese Consul General in Los Angeles Junichi Ihara speaks during a reception in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2011. He expressed gratitude to Southern California for its support following the March 11 quake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

WASHINGTON, United States - Eight-year-old Mackenzie Walsh (R) hands at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sept. 7, 2011, to Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki $115 in donations, which she raised for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mackenzie, from Maryland, collected the money by walking door to door to sell over 20 copies of a handmade children's book she had created after learning about the disaster.

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World heritage shrine covered by mud

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - Kumano Nachi Taisha, a Shinto shrine registered as part of a UNESCO-designated world heritage site in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, remains covered in mud on Sept. 7, 2011, after torrential rain brought by a powerful typhoon hit the area.

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U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk (R) and Vice Adm. Scott Swift attend a U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony aboard the command flagship USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. Vice Adm. Van Buskirk was relieved by new commander Vice Adm. Swift at the ceremony.

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Search for missing after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Rescue and search personnel carry a body on Sept. 7, 2011, in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, which was devastated by a mudslide triggered by a powerful typhoon.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Royals

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics gets a run-scoring hit in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 7, 2011. Matsui went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-0 win for the A's.

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Search for missing after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Search and rescue personnel carry a body on Sept. 7, 2011, in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, which was devastated by a mudslide triggered by a powerful typhoon.

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PM Noda at prime minister's office

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in the first meeting by a government panel on tax reforms under his Cabinet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2011.

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Former badminton champion Niinuma dies

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroe Niinuma (L) holds in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in November 2002, with her husband, the singer Kenji Niinuma, a certificate of induction into the Badminton World Federation's Hall of Fame. Niinuma, whose maiden name was Yuki and who won the women's singles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1969, 1974, 1975 and 1977, died of cancer on Sept. 7, 2011 at 62.

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Onagawa nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 7, 2011, from the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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TEPCO President Nishizawa

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa speaks to reporters at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on Sept. 7, 2011.

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BOJ Gov. Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2011.

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Japan's largest solar cell power plant

SAKAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2011 shows a solar cell power generation plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, which started generating power at full capacity the same day. Its capacity of 10,000 kilowatts makes the new plant Japan's largest solar cell generation plant in operation, the utility said.

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NZ prepares for Rugby World Cup

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - People sit around a clock situated in Auckland, New Zealand on Sept. 7, 2011, counting down to the opening of the Rugby World Cup. The tournament is scheduled to begin on Sept. 9, 2011, in New Zealand.

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NZ prepares for Rugby World Cup

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Pedestrians pass by a billboard featuring New Zealand All Black stand-off Daniel Carter in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 7, 2011. The Rugby World Cup is scheduled to begin on Sept. 9, 2011, in New Zealand.

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'Himizu' at Venice film festival

VENICE, Italy - (from L) Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido, director Sion Sono and actor Shota Sometani appear at the screening of their film ''Himizu'' at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in Italy in early hours of Sept. 7, 2011.

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Minister visits decontaminated rice paddy

IITATE, Japan - Farm minister Michihiko Kano (L) visits a rice paddy with rice planted after undergoing an experimental operation to reduce radioactive substances in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. Extensive areas of the prefecture and elsewhere were contaminated due to an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.