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[Breaking News]Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

NAGASAKI, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo -A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.(Kyodo)

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Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Ukrainian police in Fukushima

Senior police officials from Ukraine (L) observe a moment of silence on July 13, 2023, at the site of the former Ukedo Elementary School in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, preserved to keep alive the memory of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami which occurred in northeastern Japan. The Ukrainian officials are in Japan for a training program on identifying the war dead, utilizing skills acquired by the Japanese police when conducting mass autopsies after the disaster.

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Ukrainian police in Fukushima

Senior police officials from Ukraine visit the site of the former Ukedo Elementary School in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie on July 13, 2023, preserved to keep alive the memory of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The Ukrainian officials are in Japan for a training program on ways to identify the war dead, utilizing skills acquired by Japanese police when conducting mass autopsies after the disaster. (Pool photo)

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Ukrainian police in Fukushima

Senior police officials from Ukraine visit the site of the former Ukedo Elementary School in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie on July 13, 2023, preserved to keep alive the memory of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The Ukrainian officials are in Japan for a training program on ways to identify the war dead, utilizing skills acquired by Japanese police when conducting mass autopsies after the disaster. (Pool photo)

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Ukrainian police in Fukushima

Senior police officials from Ukraine visit the site of the former Ukedo Elementary School in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie on July 13, 2023, preserved to keep alive the memory of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The Ukrainian officials are in Japan for a training program on ways to identify the war dead, utilizing skills acquired by Japanese police when conducting mass autopsies after the disaster. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there.

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Fukushima Pref. port little changed due to power plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken on Nov. 14, 2012, (above), and Aug. 31, 2014, at Ukedo port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show little difference due proximity to a nuclear power plant crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Entry into the area is permitted only during the day due to radioactive contamination.

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Search for missing in disaster-hit Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers search for clues of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Search for missing in disaster-hit Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers search for clues to the whereabouts of remains of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

An elementary school in northeastern Japan opened on Sunday as a memorial to those impacted by the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster and subsequent Fukushima nuclear crisis, with its mission to pass on lessons learned from the tragedy. Ukedo Elementary School, run by the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, is the first memorial in the prefecture that preserves buildings in their damaged state. Located 300 meters from the coast, the municipal school was hit by a 15-meter-high tsunami. A total of 95 students, teachers and employees who were at the school when the quake struck survived after fleeing to higher ground.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

People visit Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2021, from a drone shows Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2021, from a drone shows Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2021, from a drone shows Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster. The clock stopped at the time the deadly tsunami hit.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

People visit Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

People visit Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2021, from a drone shows Ukedo Elementary School, run by the 2011 tsunami-hit town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2021, from a drone shows Ukedo Elementary School, run by the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It is the first building in the prefecture preserved in its damaged state to serve as a memorial to the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. A plate showing the height of the tsunami has been attached to the school building.

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FEATURE: "Retrace Our Steps" exhibit spotlights nuclear disaster consequences

Photo taken July 9, 2016, at the "Retrace Our Steps" retrospective shows a ship having run aground at the seashore which used to be Ukedo port in the town of Namie in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. The photo exhibition at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo's Ginza district will be held until July 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underground radar used to find remains of 2011 tsunami victims

Workers use a radar in the Ukedo district of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015, in search of clues underground to the remains of people who went missing in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there. (Kyodo)

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Search for missing in disaster-hit Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers search for clues of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Ukedo elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie is shown to the media on Sept. 4, 2020, ahead of the start of conservation work so the building, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, can be displayed safely to the public. A government evacuation order was placed on the entire town following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster until March 2017 when it was lifted in part of the town that includes the elementary school.

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Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Ukedo elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie is shown to the media on Sept. 4, 2020, ahead of the start of conservation work so the building, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, can be displayed safely to the public. A government evacuation order was placed on the entire town following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster until March 2017 when it was lifted in part of the town that includes the elementary school.

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Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Ukedo elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie is shown to the media on Sept. 4, 2020, ahead of the start of conservation work so the building, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, can be displayed safely to the public. A government evacuation order was placed on the entire town following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster until March 2017 when it was lifted in part of the town that includes the elementary school.

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Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Ukedo elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie is shown to the media on Sept. 4, 2020, ahead of the start of conservation work so the building, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, can be displayed safely to the public. A government evacuation order was placed on the entire town following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster until March 2017 when it was lifted in part of the town that includes the elementary school.

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Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Ukedo elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie is shown to the media on Sept. 4, 2020, ahead of the start of conservation work so the building, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, can be displayed safely to the public. A government evacuation order was placed on the entire town following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster until March 2017 when it was lifted in part of the town that includes the elementary school.

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8th anniversary of 2011 northeastern Japan disaster

Flowers are seen laid on March 11, 2019, in the Ukedo district of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, an area hit hard by the tsunami that followed the magnitude-9 earthquake exactly eight years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's first haul of fish in Fukushima

A ceremony to celebrate the year's first catch of fish is held on Jan. 2, 2018 off Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan in March 2011. The New Year ceremony at Ukedo port had been suspended since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's first haul of fish in Fukushima

A ceremony to celebrate the year's first catch of fish is held on Jan. 2, 2018 off Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan in March 2011. Seen in the background is the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The New Year ceremony at Ukedo port had been suspended since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's first haul of fish in Fukushima

A ceremony to celebrate the year's first catch of fish is held on Jan. 2, 2018 off Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan in March 2011. The New Year ceremony at Ukedo port had been suspended since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's first haul of fish in Fukushima

A ceremony to celebrate the year's first catch of fish is held on Jan. 2, 2018 off Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan in March 2011. The New Year ceremony at Ukedo port had been suspended since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's first haul of fish in Fukushima

A ceremony to celebrate the year's first catch of fish is held on Jan. 2, 2018, off Namie, a Fukushima Prefecture town devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan in March 2011. The New Year ceremony at Ukedo port had been suspended since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional dance performed for 1st time since 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Performers dedicate a traditional rice-planting dance at Kusano Shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2017. In March, the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for the area affected by radiation due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishing vessels return to home port near nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima plant

A fisherman (L), whose mother and daughter were killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, prays in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2017, as 26 fishing vessels returned to their home port of Ukedo, some 7 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, for the first time in about six years after being forced to leave for safety reasons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo