Japan - A part of the trunk of the "miracle pine" that initially withstood the massive March 2011 tsunami is suspended from a crane to be planted...
Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets residents of temporary housing in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami, on...
Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto lay a floral tribute at a cenotaph for the victims of the 2011 tsunami,...
Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb. 9 visits Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami. The one-day visit to the...
Japan - Young men and women offer silent prayers during a ceremony on Jan. 13 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March...
Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11 during a search for people still listed as...
Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11 during a search for people still listed as...
Japan - A snow sculpture of the so-called ''miracle pine'' tree, which had survived the March tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is pictured...
Japan - Residents watch television news after evacuating from coastal areas to a junior high school on higher ground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate...
Japan - Firefighters call for evacuation from coastal areas in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:47 p.m. On Dec. 7 following a tsunami...
Japan - Officials gather information in the city hall of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:38 p.m. On Dec. 7 after an earthquake with a...
Japan - An employee of the city government of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, uses Facebook as part of his work at the city hall on Nov. 21, 2012....
Japan - Polish violinist Nicolas Chumachenco shows the back of his violin, on which a picture of the famed "miracle pine tree" is drawn. It was the...
Japan - Muneyuki Nakazawa, master of a violin factory in Sendagaya in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, holds a piece of driftwood recovered from the debris left...
Japan - Amya Miller, an experienced American interpreter, holds a letter of appointment at the city hall of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture on Nov....
Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Photo taken at the Rikuzentakata city office in Iwate Prefecture on Oct. 2 shows an autographed picture of U.S. Actor John...
Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree, all the braches of which have been cut off, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12,...
Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree falling in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12 after being cut off from its roots. The...
Japan - Photo sequence shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, being cut down on Sept. 12, 2012. The city...
Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree after being cut off from its roots in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012. The...
Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree, all the braches of which have been cut off, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12,...
Japan - People watch the so-called "miracle pine" tree being cut down in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012. The city conducted the...
Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people watching the so-called "miracle pine" tree being cut down in Rikuzentakata, Iwate...
Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree, some branches of which have been cut off, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12,...
Japan - A ritual is held in front of the so-called "miracle pine" tree in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12 before it was cut down to be...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23 after the March...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23 after the March...
Japan - Lettuce is grown in hydroponic culture in a dome of about 30 meters in diameter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 11, 2012. The...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Futoshi Toba , mayor of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, poses for photos with Americans Shelly Dickson and Ian Dickson at the...
Japan - Japanese and U.S. High school students exchange ideas on July 15 about how they can help reconstruction following the March 2011 earthquake...
Japan - Members of Kesen Junior High School's basketball club in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, show a ball on June 28 on which they have written...
Japan - Members of Kesen Junior High School's basketball club in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, show a ball on June 28 on which they have written...
Message board, written as there will be dreams and features in here, beside a destroyed building by tsunami disaster in Rikuzen Takata, Iwate...
Man work with his dog in front of the memorial monument in Rikuzen Takata, Iwate prefecture, Japan at 10 March, 2016. Massive earthquake of magnitude...日本
Rikuzentakata, Japan - A woman picks her way over submerged debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 after a powerful earthquake...
Japan - A pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is lit up amid snow on Dec. 24, 2011.
Japan - A woman shows seedlings in Tokyo on Dec. 14 of the so-called ''miracle pine'' tree that had survived the March tsunami in Rikuzentakata,...
Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12 shows an ancient pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan....
Sachiko Kumagai offers flowers to her husband who was killed in the 2011 tsunami while holding a letter written by their grandson during a memorial...
Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 24 shows Seiichi Konno's rice paddy in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, that was hit by the March 11 tsunami.
Japan - Volunteer workers on May 12 manually remove debris from a rice paddy in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, that was hit by the March 11 tsunami.
Japan - People on Aug. 15 visit to see a pine tree which survived the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The...
Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members pose with children and thank-you messages from them in quake- and tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate...
Japan - Photo shows a sunflower in quake- and tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 11 four months after the disaster. The Japan...
Japan - Photo shows car wrecks in quake- and tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 11 four months after the disaster. Most of the...
Japan - Residents in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, evacuate to higher ground after a tsunami warning was issued following a strong earthquake with...
Japan - Police officers search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 16, 2011.
Japan - Yoichi Suzuki and his wife Fumie fly a balloon carrying a digital camera to take pictures of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, from above on...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10 nearly three months...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10 nearly three months...
Japan - Disaster evacuees use computers installed at a facility in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011. Engineers from information...
Rikuzentakata, Japan - Fishermen try to dock a fishing boat on May 13 at a pier in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The pier was submerged following...
Japan - Yu Sasaki walks to a car to be driven by his mother to an elementary school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in the morning on May 11 two...
Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department take part in removal work of debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30,...
Japan - Volunteers check in at a volunteer center in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. Many volunteers from across...
Japan - Survivors pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami during a Buddhist service in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 28,...
Japan - Civil engineers from the United States examine damage to a building hit by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2011.
Japan - Metropolitan Police Department members search for victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate...
Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force member cleans up debris from buildings destroyed by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate...
Japan - Yukihisa Ojima who ran an electric appliance store in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, before it was swept away by a tsunami on March 11...
