People offer prayers at the memorial site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center on March 11, 2015 in Minamisanriku, Japan. On March 11 Japan...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
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...
Tei Eiki from Sendai pays her respects to the victims of March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in front of the ruined Minamisanriku Disaster...
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...
Man looks at the remaning frame of the destroyed Minamisanriku City Hall Disaster Prevention Center on June 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan....
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Police officers offer silent prayers to earthquake and tsunami victims in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 10 one day before the 11th...
Residents take an out door bath amongst tsunami devastation in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011. Japan's seismologists were so...
Rescue workers search for missing people at Minamisanriku town in Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011. Rescuers in Japan pulled two survivors, a...
Members of the Utatsu Junior High School baseball team pray for their coach who went missing at Minamisanriku City Hall Disaster Prevention Center in...
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...
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...
Minamisanriku Mayor Jin Saito , Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at tsunami devastation from the Isatomae Elementary School in...
Photo taken Oct. 16 shows Shizugawa Bay in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan has designated the bay, along with Kasai...
People offer prayers at the memorial site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on March 11, 2017. On this day...
Women offer prayers at the memorial site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center on March 11, 2015 in Minamisanriku, Japan. On March 11 Japan...
Large piles of debris washed away during last year's tsunami is piled high at a dump site on March 08, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The fishing...
People observe a minute of silence for the victims on 14:46, the time the Magnitude 9.0 strong earthquake hit, in front of former Minamisanriku...
Monks pray in memory of the victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9 two...
Woman tries to walk through rubble on March 19, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. Many people have begun to return to their homes as the search continues...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows an area destroyed by the tsunami in Minamisanriku, in Miyagi prefecture...
Photo taken Oct. 18 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shizugawa Bay in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan has designated...
Police officers and volunteers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on...
New commercial facility opens on March 3 on elevated land in the 2011 tsunami-damaged northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku. The Sun Sun Shopping...
The ruins of the Municipal Rescue centre where 120 members of the 130 staff died during the tsunami. Miami Sanriku, Miyagi, Japan. Thursday March...
Japan - Photo shows a severely damaged building of a disaster response office in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture on March 13 two days after a...
Building of the town's Crisis Management Department that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.
In this aerial image, the former Minamisanriku disaster prevention center building on September 20, 2013 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. The town...
Woman prays for the victims at the site of the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center headquarters now seen as a symbol of the tsunami, destroyed...