This picture taken on March 11, 2011 by Sadatsugu Tomizawa and released via Jiji Press on March 21, 2011 shows tsunami waves hitting the coast of...
Empress Michiko plants a young tree with a child during the National Tree-Planting Festival on June 10, 2018 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. This...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch a performance during the National Tree-Planting Festival on June 10, 2018 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan....
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko observe a minute of silence for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake during the National Tree-Planting...
Car carrying Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko runs on National Road No. 6 where bags containing radioactive soil are piled up on June 10, 2018 in...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend the National Tree-Planting Festival on June 10, 2018 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. This 3-day trip...
Personal items are strewn around a tsunami damaged home inside the exclusion zone close to the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on...
Personal items are strewn around a tsunami damaged home inside the exclusion zone close to the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on...
Shinto Priest oversees proceedings during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the...
Samurai horsemen fight for a flag during the Shinki-soudatsusen at the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 26, 2015 in Minamisoma,...
Shinto Priestess rides a horse during a parade to the Nakamura Shrine after the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 26, 2015 in Soma, Japan. Every summer...
Samurai horseman walks down from the nakamura Shrine after taking part in a ritual ahead of the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 24, 2015 in Minamisoma,...
Young boy cleans out a horse stable during preparations for the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 24, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the people...
Horseman rides past bags of radiated soil left on the side of the road while taking his horse out for a training session ahead of the Soma Nomaoi...
Kazuhzko Suzuki, 53 a member of the Uda Clan climbs into a van as he heads off to participate in his first Soma Nomaoi festival on July 26, 2015 in...
Spectators try to get a view of the armed samurai parade during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 26, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan....
Man leads a horse to its stable after being prepared in traditional dress ahead of the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 26, 2015 in Soma, Japan. Every...
Man cleans out a horse stable during preparations for the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 24, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the people of...
Soma Nomaoi festival participants enjoy a meal at the Ohta Shrine while waiting for the parade to start ahead of the days racing on July 25, 2015 in...
Man uses a flag to mark a starting point for a parade during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan....
Young girl calms a horse while waiting to depart the stables to participate in the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 26, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every...
Young men carry a portable shrine to the Nakamura Shrine after the days racing during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 26, 2015...
Stable hands help to prepare a horse in traditional dress in the early hours of the morning ahead of the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 25, 2015 in...
An old samurai photograph is seen hanging on the Nakamura Shrine wall on July 24, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the people of Fukushima...
Man tends to a horse while waiting for competition to start during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma,...
Samurai horsemen ride along a road during a training session ahead of participating in the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 24, 2015 in Minamisoma,...
Yoshikatsu Mottate , 72 is assisted by his wife Masako as he gets dressed into traditional clothing at his home prior to taking part in the Soma...
Kazuhzko Suzuki, 53 is given instructions by senior samurai Yoshikatsu Mottate during practice before participating in his first Soma Nomaoi festival...
Samurai horseman waits for a parade to start after the morning ritual at Ohta Shrine ahead of the the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 25, 2015 in...
Samurai horseman waits to take part in the Kacchu-keiba during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 26, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan....
Okobito men try to catch a wild horse in the Nomakake ritual at the Soma Odaka Jinja Shrine during the Soma Nomaoi festival on July 27, 2015 in...
Samurai horsemen compete in the Kacchu-keiba during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every...
Samurai horseman waits to take part in the Kacchu-keiba during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 26, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan....
Men wearing white clothes called 'Okobito' try to capture a bareback horse with bare hands during the 'Nomakake ' ritual to dedicate horses to the...
Men wearing white clothes called 'Okobito' try to capture a bareback horse with bare hands during the 'Nomakake ' ritual to dedicate horses to the...
Some 3,000 volunteer workers plant young trees at the mouth of Mano River on October 6, 2013 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. 20,000 trees are...
Horseback riders in full-body armor compete in the 'Shinki Sodatsusen', pursuit of the Goshinki 'sacred flag' during the 'Soma Nomaoi Festival' on...
Horseback riders in full-body armor compete during the 'Soma Nomaoi Festival' on July 23, 2012 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. Some 350 riders...
Woman prays at a beach where she lost her aunt by the tsunami that was triggered by the Magnitude 9.0 earthquake tw years ago on March 10, 2013 in...
An elderly man sits as he and with his wife visit a cemetery to pay respects to their son who was killed in the March 2011 tsunami, in Minamisoma in...
People pray at a small shrine on Janaury 1, 2013 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. Japan mark the second new year after the earthquake and tsunami.
Year-old Manabu Aihara, holding his dog Hana, stands at his house used to be, on October 11, 2012 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan. He lost his wife...
Sisters Atsuko Honma and Yasuko Sato offer flower bunches at their parents' home used to stand, on October 11, 2012 in Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan....
Police officers search the missings among the tsunami washed wave-dissipating blocks at former exclusion zone of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi...
An empty street is seen in the highly radiated town of Iitate, on March 09, 2012 in the village of IItate, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Radiation is...
Dr Hanai Tatsui prepares patient Ichiji Ishizawa to be screened for radiation during a whole body radiation check at the Minamisoma City General...
Last torch bearer of Day 1, aerobatics pilot Yoshihide Muroya lights the cauldron at Hibarigahara field during the Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay on...
Last torch bearer of Day 1, aerobatics pilot Yoshihide Muroya lights the cauldron at Hibarigahara field during the Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay on...
An elder couple looks at a collapsed house damage after being hit by a tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000...
Pedestrians stand next to collapsed houses after being hit by a tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people...
Local residents look at debris brought by the huge tsunami in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared...
Local man, who lived around the 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, undergo a screening test for possible...
Local residents who live around the 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, undergo a screening test for possible...
Local workers who worked around the 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, undergo a screening test for possible...
Local man, who lived around the 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, undergo a screening test for possible...
Local residents who live around the 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, undergo a screening test for possible...
People watch the fireworks on a seawall reconstructed after the tsunami hit in 2011, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture on August 1, 2021. - The...
People watch the fireworks on a seawall reconstructed after the tsunami hit in 2011, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture on August 1, 2021. - The...
Japanese aerobatics pilot Yoshihide Muroya lights the celebration cauldron at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the...
This photo taken on March 4, 2020 shows Koji Suzuki, a surfer and a surf shop owner, walking on the beach in front of a thermal power station after a...