Police officers in searching operation on March 11, 2014 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. Japan marks the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0...
People offer prayers at the memorial site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center on March 11, 2015 in Minamisanriku, Japan. On March 11 Japan...
People offer prayers at the memorial site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center on March 11, 2015 in Minamisanriku, Japan. On March 11 Japan...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko tour shops in the Minami-Sanriku Sun Sun Shopping Village on July 23, 2014 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. They...
Football player Makoto Hasebe poses for photographs with pupils at Asahi Kindergarten during his visit to the tsunami devastated Minamisanriku on...
Visitors look up the former Minamisanriku disaster prevention center building on September 19, 2013 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. The town...
Reiko Takahashi, 78 who lost her house and two fishing boats from the tsunami, prepares seaweed that she collects from sea at theTomari port on March...
People pray for the victims of the Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake and tsunami at former Minamisanriku Disaster Prevention Center on March 11, 2013 in...
Woman, stands in the snow and prays towards the former city hall on February 11, 2013 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. 2 year anniversary approaches...
Police officers remove the stand at the former Minamisanriku Disaster Prevention Center for the investigation on November 26, 2012 in Minamisanriku,...
People offer a silent prayer in front of the Minamisanriku Disaster Prevention Center on March 11, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. Japan marks...
Year-old Nanami Miura, dressed in traditional kimono, walk with her parent Shinya Miura and Fumi Miura to visit the Kaminoyama Shrine to mark the...
Workers smile at a temporary oyster factory on October 15, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. Last year, Though the oyster farming is the key...
Kazuko Yoshida offers a flower bunch to the place where she lost her sister-in-law by March 11 tsunami last year, near Minamisanriku Disaster...
Students, volunteering to help clean the Shizukawa river from Kanto region, gather to their pay respects to tsunami victims at the site of the...
In this composite image a member of the police search and rescue team looks under a rock on March 19, 2011 and the same location as seen ahead of the...
In this composite image destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 and the same...
In this composite image a military vehicle drives through the rubble on March 19, 2011 and the same location as seen ahead of the one year...
Tei Eiki from Sendai pays her respects to the victims of March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in front of the ruined Minamisanriku Disaster...
The sun rises on the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and following tsunami on March 11, 2021 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan....
Relatives prays for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on September 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Japan is marking...
People weep during a memorial service for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on September 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture,...
Japanese boy prays for victims of March 11 earthquake and tsunami after offering a flower during a memorial service on September 11, 2011 in...
Former Minamisanriku Disaster Prevention Center is seen at the sunrise on the 9th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2020 in...
Members of the Utatsu Junior High School baseball team pray for their coach who went missing at Minamisanriku City Hall Disaster Prevention Center in...
Man looks at the remaning frame of the destroyed Minamisanriku City Hall Disaster Prevention Center on June 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan....
Electricians work to restore electricity at Minami Sanriku on March 30, 2011 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck...
Navy crew continues rescue work from the air on March 21, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore...
Debris are scattered on March 19, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. The Hyper Rescue team fire extinguisher sprayed 2,000 tons of water towards...
Woman sheds tears after visiting the place her house used to stand on March 18, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. A massive earthquake measuring...
Japanese man carries some personal belongings as he walks past destroyed buildings on March 17, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. Thousands have been...
Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force continue the rescue work in snow-covered debris on March 17, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. The...
In this aerial image, snow-capped Minamisanriku Town, where still more than 7,000 people are missing, is seen on March 17, 2011 in Minamisanriku,...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
Japan's Self-Defense Force and fire-fighting trucks drive into the ruined Minamisanriku city center after a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on...
In this aerial image, people look at destroyed houses on March 12, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter...
Japan's Self-Defense Force helicopter rescues survivors from a building on March 12, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. An earthquake measuring...
Building of the town's Crisis Management Department that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.
Monks pray in front of the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11 the 10th...
March 17, 2011-Sanriku Minami, Japan-Japanese Military forkcrane search for mud under burial missing person at Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Sanriku...
Military vehicles drives through the rubble on March 19, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. Many people have begun to return to their homes as the search...
People offer flowers near a disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture on March 10 a day before the seventh anniversary of the...
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. Empress Michiko...
Akio Sato, representative of Asutoro Tech, shows a bag at his firm in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2018. The company started a new...
Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows the machine room in Takano Kaikan hall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. People spent a freezing night in the...
Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows crumbled walls and cracked mirrors in a room that used to be a beauty salon in Takano Kaikan hall in...
Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows the skeletal interior of Takano Kaikan hall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. The building has been preserved...
Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2018 shows the skeletal interior of Takano Kaikan hall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. The building has been preserved...
File photo taken June 30 shows Katsumasa Murakami and his wife Kazuko standing in front of the skeletal remains of a former disaster prevention...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a planned construction site of a restoration memorial park with new Reconstruction Minister Masayoshi Yoshino during...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Sansan shopping street with new Reconstruction Minister Masayoshi Yoshino during the inspection on the restoration...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Sansan shopping street with new Reconstruction Minister Masayoshi Yoshino during the inspection on the restoration...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 2 to...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 2 to...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 2 to...
The sun rises over former Minamisanriku City Disaster Prevention Center on the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and following...
People pray in front of former Minamisanriku City Disaster Prevention Center on the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and...
People observe a minute of silence for the victims at Shizugawa San San Shopping street on the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake...