Volunteer group from Tokyo prepares to start work at clearing buried drainage pipes on March 9, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Volunteer groups have...
Single pine tree that was left standing after the March 11th tsunami, which swept away an entire forest in the city of Rikuzentakata, is seen on...
So-called 'Miracle Pine Tree,' which had survived the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake, is illuminated on March 11, 2022 in...
Picture shows the wreckage of a house amid debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on March 17, 2011 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami....海嘯, 日本, 地震
Japanese man Shinichirou Funado finds his friend's car in the tsunami debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on April 2, 2011. The Japanese...
Giant puppet nicknamed MOCCO appears during a Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics cultural event in Rikuzentakata, an Iwate Prefecture city severely hit...
Giant puppet 'MOCCO' designed by Noriyuki Sawa is seen during the "Rediscover Tohoku - MOCCO's Journey from Tohoku to Tokyo" media tour at Takata...
Performers and staff control the giant puppet 'MOCCO' designed by Noriyuki Sawa during the "Rediscover Tohoku - MOCCO's Journey from Tohoku to Tokyo"...
Picture shows the artificial "Miracle Pine", which once stood as a symbol of reconstruction and replaced the real tree that survived the 2011 tsunami...
In this view from a drone, a huge, recently-built, concrete tsunami wall runs along the shoreline in Rikuzentakata where 1554 people were killed in...日本, 地震
The Rikuzentakata Youth Hostel which has been kept as a memorial and the miracle pine tree, named because it was the sole tree that was left standing...站姿, 日本, 核能發電廠
Fuyo Murakami and her husband Yoshiro say good-by to their relative as they leave for Hokkaido in northern Japan with their son in the town of...
Man and his sister stand before their broken house, destroyed by the tsunami at Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 17, 2011. The official...
Team member from NPO Japan Rescue Dog Association and his dog search for victims during a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police Department in...
In this aerial image, a general view of Rikuzentakata City is seen on April 8, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong...
Man walks down the road amid the debris April 2, 2011in Rikusen Takata City, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11...
Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks with an earthquake victim Ryoko Otsubo as he leaves at an evacuation shelter on April 2, 2011 in Rikuzentakata,...
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to an evacuee at an evacuation center on April 2, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. More than three weeks...
Man walk among debris at Rikuzentakata on March 26, 2011 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11...
Man walks among debris at Rikuzentakata on March 26, 2011 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11...
Rescue workers carry out another body from the rubble on March 21, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck...日本, 地震
Man mourns the death of his mother after her body was discovered on March 21, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong...海嘯, 日本
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...日本, 海嘯, 瓦礫
Man sitting on the debirs watches destroyed Rikuzentakata City on March 17, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi, Japan. A massive earthquake measuring 9.0...
Train tracks washed away in the devastated coastal town of Rikuzentakata in northern Japan. Thousands have been killed as a result of the 9.0...
Loading shovel of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force cleans up the debris on March 16, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong...
Neena Sasaki carries some of the family belongings from her home that was destroyed after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 15, 2011 in...日本, 地震
Japanese military march during a search and rescue mission scouring the rubble of a village destroyed by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on...
Japanese military look for bodies during a search and rescue mission scouring the rubble of a village destroyed by the devastating earthquake and...日本, 地震
In this aerial image, wrecked ships, houses and debris float in the sea at a bay in Rukuzentakata after an 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on...
Japan's Self-Defense Force helicopter rescues survivors from a damaged building after a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the...
People look at Rikuzentakata City which was devestated by a tsunami after an 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of...
Cars, destroyed houses and other debris litters Rikuzentakata City which was devestated by a tsunami after an 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck...
The Takekoma area lies devastated near the town of Rikuzentakata, some five kms from the coast, in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 three days...海嘯, 天災, 地震
March 20, 2011-Rikuzen Takata, Japan-Rescue Team searching operation on debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata on...日本, 海嘯, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake And Tsunami
Rikuzentakata city are filled with debris which occurred by a tsunami and earthquake on April 2, 2011 in Rikuzentakata city.地震, 日本, 海嘯
The sun rises behind "The Miracle Pine Tree" in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture on March 11 on the 13th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake...
Debris are scattered at Rikuzentakada city in Iwate prefecture on March 16, 2011. The official toll of the dead and missing following a devastating...地震, 海嘯
Rubble is seen everywhere after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 15, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province, Japan. Thousands have...海嘯, 緊急事故和災難
Bodies recovered by Japanese Self Defence forces are marked by a yellow flag on a tree branch sticking out among debris in Rikuzentaka, Iwate...地震
In this aerial image, Takatamatsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster is seen as a tsunami warning up to 3 meters has been issued after the...海嘯, 日本, Kamchatka Peninsula
Heavy machinery removes the remnents of tsunami devastation in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefectura on March 8, 2012 as a 10-metre-high pine tree...
Debris is scattered along the landscape after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan March 28, 2011 in Rikuzentakata in Iwate, Japan....
Photo taken on July 17 in the Iwate Prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, shows a beach located near the "miracle" pine tree that...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner leaves the monument to the "Miracle Pine," a lone tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly...奧運聖火傳遞
The "Miracle pine" and the ruins of the youth hostel that protected it from the full force of the tsunami face the new sea wall. Almost 10 years...
March 18, 2011-Rikuzen Takata, Japan-View of Flooding stadium at Debris and Mud covered on Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata on March 18...
March 18, 2011-Rikuzen Takata, Japan-Native Survivors find their house lot at Debris and Mud covered on Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata...
March 20, 2011-Rikuzen Takata, Japan-Rescue Team searching operation on debris and mud covered at Tsunami hit Destroyed city in Rikuzentakata on...
Truck passes on a road next to a newly-built concrete seawall in Rikuzentakata one of the towns hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, on...
Flowers grow near a newly-built concrete seawall in Rikuzentakata one of the towns hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, on July 31, 2019 in...
Reconstruction work continues in Rikuzentakata one of the towns hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, on July 30, 2019 in Rikuzentakata,...
Japanese defense soldier walks on the recently opened road running through the March 11 tsunami debris and destruction at the Otomo area in...
Local firefighters carry the body of 85-year-old Kotomi Murakami from her collapsed house in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on March 29, 2011....
Family walks beside debris in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on March 29, 2011. Japan was hit on March 11 by a massive quake and tsunami that...
Bulldozers remove debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture on March 29, 2011. Japan was hit on March 11 by a massive quake and tsunami that...
General view of Rikuzentakata on March 25, 2011 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11 at 2:46pm...
Man walks toward at Rikuzentakata on March 25, 2011 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck offshore on March 11 at...