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Demarcation project starts in tsunami-hit Japan city

SENDAI, Japan - The Yuriage district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is photographed on Oct. 20, 2014, at the start of a demarcation project undertaken as part of reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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Demarcation project launched in tsunami-hit Japan city

SENDAI, Japan - Mayor Isoo Sasaki (R) of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, and other people attend a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 20, 2014, to launch a demarcation project in the Yuriage district of the northeastern Japan city devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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Cenotaph as high as tsunami built in northern Japan

NATORI, Japan - A cenotaph for people killed in the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011 is unveiled at a ceremony in the Yuriage district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2014. The cenotaph, dedicated to 944 victims in the area, stands 8.4 meters tall, the maximum height of the tsunami, and is likened to a fledgling plant.

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Flower auction in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - People take part in a flower auction at a morning market to buy Mother's day carnations and other flowers in the district of Yuriage in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the area severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on May 11, 2014.

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Rakuten Eagles' foreign players visit tsunami-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - The Rakuten Eagles' new foreign players, including Kevin Youkilis (2nd from R), stand in front of a monument in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at the former Yuriage Junior High School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2014.

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Kanji for 'kizuna' formed with candle lanterns

NATORI, Japan - The "kanji" character for "kizuna," or bond, is formed using candle lanterns at Yuriage Junior High School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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3 years after Japan quake-tsunami

NATORI, Japan - People release dove-shaped balloons with messages during an event in the Yuriage area of Natori in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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3 years after Japan quake-tsunami

NATORI, Japan - People release dove-shaped balloons with messages during an event in the Yuriage area of Natori in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

NATORI, Japan - People participate in a candle event in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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Vienna Philharmonic members play Bach sonata for quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Four members of the Vienna Philharmonic play on Nov. 2, 2012, a Bach sonata on Mt. Hiyori in Natori city's Yuriage district, Miyagi Prefecture. The commemorative performance took place in front of a monument honoring victims in an area severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Vienna Philharmonic members play Bach sonata for quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Dieter Flury (front R), a member of the Vienna Philharmonic, bows his head after offering flowers at a monument honoring victims on Mt. Hiyori in Natori city's Yuriage district, Miyagi Prefecture, an area severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Flury and three other members of the orchestra played a Bach sonata in front of the monument.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up.

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School trip to tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Students of Shuyukan Senior High School in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, take a look at a site devastated by the March 11 tsunami from higher ground in the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2012, during their school trip.

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School trip to tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Students of Shuyukan Senior High School in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, offer prayers in the Yuriage district in Natori which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2012, during their school trip.

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Debris from March disaster catches fire

NATORI, Japan - Firefighters stand around piles of smoldering debris in the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2011. A series of fires, believed to be spontaneous combustion, have recently been observed at temporary storage places of debris created from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Debris around port in Natori

NATORI, Japan - Photo shows piles of debris around Yuriage fishing port in quake- and tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 25, 2011.

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Tsunami-hit Yuriage in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2011, about three months after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the area.

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Items retrieved from debris on display

SENDAI, Japan - Items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are lined up on the floor of the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011.

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Survivor of 2011 disaster recounts ordeal at new facility in northern Japan

Teiko Otomo talks about her experience of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake at the brand-new "Yuriage no Kioku" (Memory of Yuriage) resource center in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 25, 2015, following its relocation earlier in the day from the previous site about 1 km away. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People of different religions mourn disaster victims

About 100 people of different religious persuasions mourn the victims of the 2011 quake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan before the cenotaph at the Yuriage district in Miyagi Prefecture's Natori on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman acts as storyteller at memorial hall dedicated to 2011 disaster victims

Yuko Tanno, shown in this photo taken on Feb. 15, 2015, serves as a storyteller at the Yuriage Kioku (memory) hall dedicated to people in the Yuriage district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, who were killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku. Tanno lost her 13-year-old son Kota in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People gather before memorial hall dedicated to 2011 disaster victims

Yuko Tanno (2nd from R, front row) and other people pose on Feb. 15, 2015, in front of the Yuriage Kioku (memory) hall dedicated to people in the Yuriage district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, who were killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku. Tanno lost her 13-year-old son Kota in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 tsunami survivor

Yuko Tanno, a survivor of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, talks about her son Kota, who died in the disaster at 13, at a monument to him and 13 other deceased students in the Yuriage area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clock removed from quake-hit school building in Miyagi Pref.

A worker shows a clock on Nov. 12, 2015, removed from the outer wall of Yuriage junior high school in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The electric clock stopped at 2:46 p.m., the time when the killer quake struck the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clock removed from quake-hit school building in Miyagi Pref.

A clock is removed on Nov. 12, 2015, from the outer wall of Yuriage junior high school building in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The electric clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. on March 11 of that year, when the quake struck the area and the power supply was cut off. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Debris from March disaster catches fire

NATORI, Japan - Firefighters stand around piles of smoldering debris in the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2011. A series of fires, believed to be spontaneous combustion, have recently been observed at temporary storage places of debris created from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Debris around port in Natori

NATORI, Japan - Photo shows piles of debris around Yuriage fishing port in quake- and tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit Yuriage in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2011, about three months after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the area. (Kyodo)

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Yuriage coastal area being hit by tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo shows a coastal area near Yuriage Port in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, being hit by a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Coast Guard)(Kyodo)

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Retrived photos hanged to dry after being washed

SENDAI, Japan - Photos retrieved from the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hang from strings to dry after being washed at Yuriage Elementary School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Items retrieved from debris on display

SENDAI, Japan - Items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are lined up on the floor of the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Boy carries bag of memorable items

SENDAI, Japan - A boy carries a bag of family photos and other sentimental items found at Yuriage Elementary School, where items retrieved from debris in areas devastated by the March 11 tsunami are on display in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up. (Kyodo)

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Demarcation project launched in tsunami-hit Japan city

SENDAI, Japan - Mayor Isoo Sasaki (R) of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, and other people attend a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 20, 2014, to launch a demarcation project in the Yuriage district of the northeastern Japan city devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. (Kyodo)

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School trip to tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Students of Shuyukan Senior High School in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, take a look at a site devastated by the March 11 tsunami from higher ground in the Yuriage district in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2012, during their school trip. (Kyodo)

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School trip to tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Students of Shuyukan Senior High School in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, offer prayers in the Yuriage district in Natori which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2012, during their school trip. (Kyodo)

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Snow in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - A local man prays for the soul of his elder sister in a snow-covered field in the Yuriage district of Natori city in Miyagi Prefecture on Jan. 11, 2012, 10 months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The man's sister died in the tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit area in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 18, 2011, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, a week after the earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery in 2011 tsunami-hit area in Japan

Photo taken March 26, 2019, shows houses in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. The northeastern Japan city held a ceremony for the completion of housing and shopping facilities in the area the same day, marking its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery in 2011 tsunami-hit area in Japan

People observe a moment of silence in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2019, as the city holds a ceremony for the completion of housing and shopping facilities, marking its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery in 2011 tsunami-hit area in Japan

A ceremony is held for the completion of housing and shopping facilities in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2019, marking its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery in 2011 tsunami-hit area in Japan

A ceremony is held for the completion of housing and shopping facilities in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2019, marking its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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