Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Students leave new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Students walk home from Nagatoro Elementary School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011.

E

Students leave new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Students walk home from Arahama Junior High School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011. Classrooms are located on the second and third floors of the new building.

E

Pupils study in new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Pupils study in a classroom in Nagatoro Elementary School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011.

E

2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

E

2 years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show an area in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same area on March 3, 2013.

E

Watari soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same town on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

E

Pile of debris in Miyagi Pref.

WATARI, Japan - Excavators pile up debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 11, 2011, four months after the disaster.

E

Debris at bathing beach in Miyagi Pref.

WATARI, Japan - Photo shows piles of debris at a swimming beach in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 24, 2011. In the middle of the picture are solar panels that had been installed by the town at a nearby spa facility. In a normal year, the beach would soon be open for the swimming season.

E

Paddy field damaged by seawater due to tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a cracked paddy field in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2011, due to salt pollution caused by seawater following the March 11 tsunami.

E

Stranded boat returned to sea

WATARI, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by tsunami is lifted by a crane and placed on seawater in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, around four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

E

People flock to buy gasoline

WATARI, Japan - People form a long line to purchase gasoline at a gas station in the town of Watari in Miyagi Prefecture on March 18, 2011, a week after an earthquake with a record magnitude of 9.0 hit Japan.

E

Pile of debris in Miyagi Pref.

WATARI, Japan - Excavators pile up debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 11, 2011, four months after the disaster. (Kyodo)

E

Debris at bathing beach in Miyagi Pref.

WATARI, Japan - Photo shows piles of debris at a swimming beach in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 24, 2011. In the middle of the picture are solar panels that had been installed by the town at a nearby spa facility. In a normal year, the beach would soon be open for the swimming season. (Kyodo)

E

Paddy field damaged by seawater due to tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a cracked paddy field in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2011, due to salt pollution caused by seawater following the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

E

Stranded boat returned to sea

WATARI, Japan - A fishing boat washed ashore by tsunami is lifted by a crane and placed on seawater in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, around four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Kyodo)

E

Tsunami aftermath in Watari

WATARI, Japan - People look through debris for their belongings in the tsunami-hit town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, about four weeks after the earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

E

Watari soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same town on March 2, 2012 (bottom). (Kyodo)

E

People flock to buy gasoline

WATARI, Japan - People form a long line to purchase gasoline at a gas station in the town of Watari in Miyagi Prefecture on March 18, 2011, a week after an earthquake with a record magnitude of 9.0 hit Japan. (Kyodo)

E

Pupils study in new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Pupils study in a classroom in Nagatoro Elementary School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011. (Kyodo)