Two women walk through the rubble and devastation on March 20, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Many people have begun to return to their homes as the...
The Hamayuri, a catamaran signtseeing boat, sits atop a two-story Japanese inn building in the tsunami debris on on April 3, 2011 in Iwate...
Destroyed vehicles lie near the rubble after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 16, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Japan. The 9.0...
The first wave of tsunami, triggered by the magnitude 9.0 strong earthquake approaches to Kesennuma city on March 11, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi,...
People gather for a minute of silence at 14:46, the time that the 2011 Tohoku earthquake hit, in the Ginza district on March 11, 2022 in Tokyo,...
Sushi maker Akio Hanzawa walks in front of his damaged restaurant in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture on March 17 after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted...
Japanese woman Taeko Naito stands next to her scattered kitchen at her home in Soma, Fukushima prefecture on February 14 after a 7.3-magnitude...
An oil slick is seen in the water surrounded by destruction on March 22, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan. Eleven days after the magnitude 9...
Akiko Hatareyama digs mud out of what is left of her house in front of a grounded ship on March 21, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude...
Two men walk through the rubble and debris on March 18, 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan. Residents are starting to return to their homes to begin the...
Debris is visible near the surface of the storage pool for spent nuclear fuel near the top of the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi...
Family pay their respects to victims of the last year's tsunami at a memorial, at the Okawa Elementary School, where 74 children were killed and 4...
Man searches for the remains of people who went missing after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2021 in Iwaki, Japan. Japan will today...
Woman who lost her nephew-in-law to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami prays at a memorial on March 10, 2021 in Namie, Japan. In ceremonies that...
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows debris scattered over a large area of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three...
South Korean passenger watches TV showing Japan's Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant spewing fumes amid reports that a meltdown is feared after a massive...
Sushi maker Akio Hanzawa walks in front of his damaged restaurant in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture on March 17 after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted...
Police officers offer silent prayers to earthquake and tsunami victims in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 10 one day before the 11th...
Local resident pays his respects to earthquake and tsunami victims on a beach in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 11 the 10th anniversary of the...
This picture taken on February 27, 2021 shows a newly built sea wall at sunrise in Noda, Iwate Prefecture. - A decade after the deadly waves...
This picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 and released on March 18, 2011 shows a tsunami breeching an embankment and flowing...
Man looks at the remaning frame of the destroyed Minamisanriku City Hall Disaster Prevention Center on June 11, 2011 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan....
In this aerial image, destroyed cars by the earthquake and the tsuanmi are arranged on March 25, 2011 in Miyako, Iwate, Japan. More than three weeks...
Local residents go through the debris to salvage their belongings on March 20, 2011 in Natori, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck...
Japanese troops sift through debris on March 21, 2011 in Natori, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11 at 2:46pm...
In this satellite view, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power plant after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 14, 2011 in Futaba,...
In this satellite view, the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power plant is seen after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami, on March 16,...
In this handout images provided by the International Federation of Red Cross Japan, A general view is seen of what is left of the city after a...
In this satellite view, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power plant after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 14, 2011 in Futaba,...
People search through debris left in the wake of Friday's tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake at Sendai airport on March 14, 2011 in...
In this aerial image, Fukushima Daiichi Nucler Power Plant is seen after an 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of...
In this satellite view, damage caused by an explosion in the building housing reactor 1 at the Fukushima I Dai Ichi Nuclear Power plant can be seen...
Smoke rise from the Kensennuma City center after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan, March...
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...
Cars waiting for export burn after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake on March 12, 2011 in Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the...
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway announces at a press conference that he and his team mates Alexander Os , Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tarjei Boe will...
Clock remains stopped at the time the tsunami hit the former town hall on June 13, 2018 in Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan. Twenty staff members working on...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko observe a minute of silence for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake during the National Tree-Planting...
An environmental activist walks past a banner during a demonstration called by associations to mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear...
An environmental activist holds up a mask during a demonstration called by associations to mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear...
Environmental activists gather to take part in a demonstration called by associations to mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear...
Environmental activists take part in a demonstration called by associations to mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in...
Residents throw bouquets of flowers to mourn their friends killed in the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster at Soma city, Fukushima prefecture on...
Relatives pray at a cemetery for victims of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake on the seventh anniversary of the disaster in Namie, Fukushima...
This March 10, 2018 picture shows LED lights displaying a message for victims of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake that reads "Never Forget" at...
In this picture taken on March 6 schoolgirls assemble a geiger counter kit by the Safecast non-governmental organisation to measure radiation, as a...
In this picture taken on March 6 schoolgirls check an application connected to the geiger counter kit by the Safecast non-governmental organisation...
In this picture taken on March 6 Japanese priest Sadamaru Okano, who coordinates with the Safecast non-governmental organisation to measure...
In this picture taken on March 5 a geiger counter by the Safecast non-governmental organisation is attached to a fence near the Dai-ichi power plant...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows an abandoned vending machine in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, as Japan prepares to mark the 7th...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows a guard checking the permission documents at an entrance of the exclusion zone of Tomioka town, Fukushima...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows an abandoned vending machine in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, as Japan prepares to mark the 7th...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows an abandoned street inside the exclusion zone in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, as Japan prepares to...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows an abandoned car at a car store in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, as Japan prepares to mark the 7th...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows a man walking among bags of contaminated soil inside the exclusion zone in Tomioka town, Fukushima...
This picture taken on March 5, 2018 shows a guard gesturing at a checkpost exit from the exclusion zone of Futaba town, Fukushima prefecture, as...