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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Visitors watch a movie at the World Exhibition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

An exhibit shows the height of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three prefectures severely affected by the earthquake-tsunami disaster begins at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from R) poses in front of a "digital monument" at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day. Shown on the screen is the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from L) poses for a photo during the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Balloons hoisted to height of 2011 tsunami at Paris event

PARIS, France - Balloons are floated to the height of the tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011, during an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, planned by high school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the region to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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Tohoku students sing in opening ceremony of event in Paris

PARIS, France - High school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, sing at the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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Chinese tourists to visit Japan's Tohoku region

GUANGZHOU, China - A group of tourists pose for a photo at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong Province, China, on July 17, 2014, upon departure on a tour around Japan including the three northeastern Japanese prefectures of Akita, Aomori, and Iwate. The group is also scheduled to visit Tokyo and Hokkaido.

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Hanyu's authgraphs, messages on display at Sendai rink

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2014, shows Sochi Olympics figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's autographs and messages on a bulletin board calling for support for post-disaster reconstruction work at Ice Rink Sendai, a former training base for Hanyu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Miyagi was one of the three prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Over 80 die unattended in temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing in Miyagi Prefecture for people affected by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. At least 81 people have died unattended in such housing since the disaster in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, the three hardest-hit prefectures in northeastern Japan, a Kyodo News survey found Sept. 11, 2013.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) finishes his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) is seen shortly after finishing his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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German women's soccer coach offers training in quake-hit Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Monika Staab, a famous German women's soccer coach, gives a press conference at the German Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 2, 2012. With the support of the German government, Staab began in April a half-year project, touring around the three quake-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi in northeastern Japan to provide coaching sessions.

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Tsunami high water mark sign

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a sign showing the height of killer tsunami waves. Three northeastern Japanese prefectures hard-hit by the March 2011 tsunami and the transport ministry said on March 2, 2012, that the signs will be set up in the prefectures in an attempt to mitigate injuries and deaths in future disasters.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas leave for Wembley

NARITA, Japan - Sixteen high school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, pose for photos at Narita airport near Tokyo ahead of their departure for London on Nov. 22, 2011, to play matches at the famous Wembley Stadium. The trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for the reconstruction efforts.

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Nearly 3,000 taken to hospitals by ambulances from quake shelters

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an ambulance running amid the debris in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 18, 2011, in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Nearly 3,000 evacuees living in shelters in three of the northeastern Japan prefectures worst affected by the disaster have been taken to hospitals by ambulance, according to a Kyodo News survey released May 17.

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3 dead, over 180 injured after M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake off northeastern Japan late Wednesday left three people dead and more than 180 injured across 12 prefectures, and caused a high-speed shinkansen to derail. A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train derailed between Fukushima Station and Shiroishizao Station, but all 78 passengers and crew members aboard were unharmed, according to East Japan Railway Co. JR East subsequently halted the operation of bullet trains between Nasushiobara Station and Morioka Station, and whether it can resume from next week remains unclear. The operator added that the bullet train service between Fukushima and Sendai stations running in that section is unlikely to resume within this month, pending restoration work. Shiroishizao Station is located between the two.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit northeastern prefectures

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are ready to board a shinkansen at JR Tokyo Station on March 16, 2016, for a three-day trip to the northeastern prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi, as the couple have been revisiting the areas devastated by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster five years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin remember 2011 disaster victims in Fukushima Pref.

Bereaved family members from Fukushima Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bereaved families in Miyagi Pref. remember 2011 disaster victims

Bereaved family members from Miyagi Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin from quake-hit northeast Japan region offer prayers

Representatives of bereaved family members from the three northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami offer prayers at a government-sponsored memorial service in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Asahi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin remember 2011 disaster victims in Iwate Pref.

Bereaved family members from Iwate Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police comb Pacific shores nearly 4 years after tsunami disaster

Police officers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on the Pacific coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2015, three years and 11 months after the disaster. A total of 2,586 people remained missing as of Feb. 10 in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in northeastern Japan, according to the National Police Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei

Organizers pose for the media at the opening ceremony of the Daisuki Tohoku promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei

Mai Kato (C), head of the Tsuchiyu Onsen Tourism Association in Fukushima, and Maki Watanabe (far R), a member of the Happy Fukushima Troupe, and other troupe members pose for a photo at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei

Toshikazu Kangyuu from Iwate Prefecture shreds kombu (dried kelp) at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami high water mark sign

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a sign showing the height of killer tsunami waves. Three northeastern Japanese prefectures hard-hit by the March 2011 tsunami and the transport ministry said on March 2, 2012, that the signs will be set up in the prefectures in an attempt to mitigate injuries and deaths in future disasters. (Kyodo)

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Nearly 3,000 taken to hospitals by ambulances from quake shelters

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an ambulance running amid the debris in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 18, 2011, in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Nearly 3,000 evacuees living in shelters in three of the northeastern Japan prefectures worst affected by the disaster have been taken to hospitals by ambulance, according to a Kyodo News survey released May 17. (Kyodo)

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German women's soccer coach offers training in quake-hit Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Monika Staab, a famous German women's soccer coach, gives a press conference at the German Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 2, 2012. With the support of the German government, Staab began in April a half-year project, touring around the three quake-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi in northeastern Japan to provide coaching sessions. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku students sing in opening ceremony of event in Paris

PARIS, France - High school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, sing at the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku. (Kyodo)

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Chinese tourists to visit Japan's Tohoku region

GUANGZHOU, China - A group of tourists pose for a photo at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong Province, China, on July 17, 2014, upon departure on a tour around Japan including the three northeastern Japanese prefectures of Akita, Aomori, and Iwate. The group is also scheduled to visit Tokyo and Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts. (Kyodo)

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas leave for Wembley

NARITA, Japan - Sixteen high school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, pose for photos at Narita airport near Tokyo ahead of their departure for London on Nov. 22, 2011, to play matches at the famous Wembley Stadium. The trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for the reconstruction efforts. (Kyodo)

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Bouquets for Tokyo Games medalists

Undated photo shows bouquets to be given to Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics medalists. The bouquets will be created using flowers grown in the three northeastern Japan prefectures hardest hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-20 summit in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on June 29, 2019, shows sake made in the three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The same brands of sake were served to journalists at the international media center at the Intex Osaka convention center, the venue for the two-day Group of 20 summit that concluded in the western Japan city earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Official Olympic goods shop in Fukushima

Official 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics goods based on traditional Japanese crafts in the three northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate, Miyai and Fukushima are shown at a ceremony marking the opening of an official goods shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo