Tsunami-hit lighthouse in Fukushima reopens after repairs

Tsunami-hit lighthouse in Fukushima reopens after repairs

IWAKI, Japan - The Shioyasaki lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, reopens to visitors for the first time in about three years on Feb. 22, 2014, after repairs following destruction by tsunami caused by the March 2011 earthquake.

Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

Fukushima Pref. to check radiation levels in fish

Fukushima Pref. to check radiation levels in fish

IWAKI, Japan - Fishery industry personnel collect a sample of young sand lance off Shioyasaki Lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, to check radioactivity levels on April 7, 2011. High levels of radioactive iodine-131 were detected in young sand lance caught off neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Fukushima Pref. to check radiation levels in fish

Fukushima Pref. to check radiation levels in fish

IWAKI, Japan - Fishery industry personnel collect a sample of young sand lance off Shioyasaki Lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, to check radioactivity levels on April 7, 2011. High levels of radioactive iodine-131 were detected in young sand lance caught off neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)