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Efforts to keep local people united in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - The Japan National Council of Social Welfare's branch in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, holds a teatime gathering in May 2014 for local residents who lost or were separated from neighbors in the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan, though their own houses escaped destruction. The regular teatime gatherings are part of the organization's efforts to prevent local residents from becoming isolated.

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Photobook on pre-quake lives in Iwate Pref. town

MORIOKA, Japan - Goichi Tamura, the head of a citizens' group to hand down tsunami experience in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, holds a photography book capturing the townscape of Yamada before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in this photo taken on May 13, 2014. The title of the book can be translated as "Sea, Town and Festivals: Bring Back Memories of Our Town Yamada."

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Tree seedlings grown from acorns in Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - Tree seedlings grown from acorns are photographed in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on May 22, 2014. The acorns were picked up by children in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures before being grown by kindergartners and nursery school children nationwide following the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Whale-shaped object made of debris from 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Students at Yamada High School in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, show on Feb. 27, 2014, a whale-shaped object they created using debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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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 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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Kenyan Olympic marathon medalist passes 20th yr of life in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eric Wainaina, a Kenyan marathon runner who won an Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 and a silver medal in Sydney in 2000, running together with elementary school children at Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, in June 2011.

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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 town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 28, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom).

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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 town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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Comedian begins 440-km marathon in quake-hit northeast

YAMADA, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) runs while talking with local people in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2012. Hazama began the same day a nine-day marathon across northeastern Japan, which was hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in an effort to spread cheer among disaster-stricken local residents.

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Comedian begins 440-km marathon in quake-hit northeast

YAMADA, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) begins on Aug. 13, 2012 in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, a nine-day marathon across northeastern Japan, which was hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in an effort to spread cheer among disaster-stricken local residents.

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) inspects a facility at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture.

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) measures airborne radiation levels at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture.

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Lantern floating on eve of tsunami anniv.

YAMADA, Japan - People float lanterns on the sea and offer prayers in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (R), in which the building (front) for JR Rikuchu-Yamada Station has been removed.

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a coastal area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Burning debris in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Firefighters on Oct. 17, 2011, hose down stored debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which has been burning for a week in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture.

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Kenyan medalist in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - Sydney Olympics marathon silver medalist Eric Wainaina of Kenya runs with about 150 pupils on a mountainous path near a facility used for temporary classes of tsunami-hit Funakoshi Elementary School in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on June 13, 2011.

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Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

YAMADA, Japan - People attend an event to celebrate the Children's Day holiday on May 5, 2011, at Yamada Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The event was organized by the head priest of the shrine to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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Carp streamers in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - A boy tries to reach up as 200 carp streamers fly over the premises of the Science Museum of Whale and Sea in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture. The museum suffered major damage in the March 11 quake and tsunami. The 200 streamers are among the 200 donated from the Shizuoka prefectural government and another 100 from people from across Japan. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Carp streamers in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - A total of 200 carp streamers fly over the premises of the Science Museum of Whale and Sea in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture. The museum suffered major damage in the March 11 quake and tsunami. The 200 streamers are among the 200 donated from the Shizuoka prefectural government and another 100 from people from across Japan. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Boat salvaged at tsunami-hit Yamada port

YAMADA, Japan - A fishing boat capsized by the March 11 tsunami is salvaged at Yamada port in Iwate Prefecture on April 27, 2011.

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Monk in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - A Buddhist monk prays as he walks through snow falling on rubble in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 4, 2011. Thousands of people lost their lives in the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Quake aftermath in Yamada, Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - Two men retrieve plates and utensils from the rubble of their eatery in the quake-hit town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011, about three weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

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Quake aftermath in Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - People walk through piles of debris amid snowfall in the quake-hit town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 23, 2011. The area was devastated by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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'Outdoor supermarket' in quake-hit town

YAMADA, Japan - An 'open-air supermarket' is crowded with customers in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 23, 2011. The supermarket, whose building was demolished by a massive tsunami following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, sold some products at its parking lot.

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'Outdoor supermarket' in quake-hit town

YAMADA, Japan - A woman (front R) chooses vegetables at an 'open-air supermarket' in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 23, 2011. The supermarket, whose building was demolished by a massive tsunami following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, sold some products at its parking lot.

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Albums recovered from quake-and-tsunami hit sites

YAMADA, Japan - Local residents look through photo albums recovered from quake-and-tsunami hit sites in an evacuation center in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 20, 2011. The area was hit by the historic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Evacuees in shelter

YAMADA, Japan - Evacuees in an elementary school used as a shelter in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011, wash mud off food they were given by a local store struck by the March 11 monstrous earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan mega earthquake

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on March 14, 2011, from a helicopter shows a sea surface filled with debris, in a bay off the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, following Japan's strongest recorded earthquake that hit the country on March 11.

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Tsunami warning

YAMADA, Japan - A woman loudly urges her neighbors to escape to higher ground after a tsunami warning siren went off in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011, in the wake of the March 11 monstrous earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region.

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Japan's historic quake

YAMADA, Japan - A person views the destruction in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country on March 11.