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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display.

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display.

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Edano at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Kan at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Visitors flocked to the theme park as it reopened the same day after suspending operations for just over a month due to the powerful March 11 earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo.

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Visitors flocked to the theme park as it reopened the same day after suspending operations for just over a month due to the powerful March 11 earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo.

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

URAYASU, Japan - Visitors flock to Tokyo Disneyland as the theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo reopened on April 15, 2011, after suspending operation for just over a month due to the March 11 powerful earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo.

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North Japan region hopes for full gov't funding of postquake works

The heads of Hokkaido and six other northern Japanese prefectural assemblies hand Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita (4th from L) a petition in Tokyo on June 4, 2015, calling for the central government's continued full funding of reconstruction projects after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display. (Kyodo)

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Kan to resign after postquake work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a meeting of lawmakers of his Democratic Party of Japan in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Kan said he will step down after achieving some postquake recovery work. The Diet was expected to hold a vote on a no-confidence motion against him later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Kan at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Edano at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Visitors flocked to the theme park as it reopened the same day after suspending operations for just over a month due to the powerful March 11 earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Visitors flocked to the theme park as it reopened the same day after suspending operations for just over a month due to the powerful March 11 earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

URAYASU, Japan - A woman takes a photo of her daughter with Mickey Mouse at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on April 15, 2011. The theme park reopened after suspending operation for just over a month due to the March 11 powerful earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens after 1-month postquake closure

URAYASU, Japan - Visitors flock to Tokyo Disneyland as the theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo reopened on April 15, 2011, after suspending operation for just over a month due to the March 11 powerful earthquake. The disaster caused liquefaction damage to its parking lot and created power shortages in the region surrounding Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Postquake 'self-restraint' hits Japan's tourism

TOKYO, Japan - People visit Asakusa's Kaminarimon gate and shopping arcade, a famous tourist spot in Tokyo, on April 11, 2011. Though the place is usually crowded with foreign tourists, fewer of them have visited since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)