Japan marks Fukushima’s 10-year anniversary

Soma, a resident of Fukushima, Japan, throws leaves while giving messages to loved ones.

An artist dances on the beach to commemorate the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2021 in Iwaki, Fukushima.

Buddhist monks pray for victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on a beach in Iwaki, Japan on March 11, 2021.

Tako Fujisaki, whose daughter and grandson died in the 2011 tsunami, prays in front of a tomb in Nami, Japan on March 11, 2021.

Emperor Naruhito of Japan, along with Empress Masako, attends the National Memorial Service in Tokyo on March 11, 2021 to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, giving his speech at the altar for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Left: Smoke (top) in the joint photo on March 12, 2011, one day after the earthquake and tsunami disaster, on March 12, 2011, in Kasennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan, and in the same area on February 12, 2121 Appearing. : Tsunami-ravaged area (top) in Minamisanariku, Miyagi, northeastern Japan, pictured by helicopter on March 13, 2011, and a memorial park in the same area (bottom).

On her 10th anniversary in Iwaki, Fukushima, on March 11, 2021, Marico Odawara holds flowers while praying for the victims of the post-Chernobyl earthquake and tsunami.

On March 11, 2021, in Niatori, Miyagi Prefecture, paper lanterns will be lit to mourn the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

Lit candles create characters who read “Memory” and “Connecting Future” at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, Fukushima on March 10, 2021, on the eve of the 10th anniversary.

Event staff presents a traditional Japanese kite with messages of their dreams and hopes by children living in Fukushima at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum on March 10, 2021 in Futaba City, Fukushima.

A Buddhist monk prays for victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2021 in Iwaki, Japan.

A man searches for the remains of people missing after the March 11, 2021, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Iwaki, Japan.

At 2:46 pm on March 11, 2021, people pray in Hirono, Fukushima, exactly 10 years before the earthquake struck northeastern Japan.

Balloons were released in Ishinomaki, Japan on March 11, 2021, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

A priest prays at the East Temple in the city of Futaba in northeastern Japan, devastated by the March 11, 2021 tsunami in Fukushima.

A tsunami-stricken woman planted flowers on a beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

In Miyagi, Natori, Japan, people are releasing balloons as people connect messages to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that killed thousands and created a nuclear crisis.

Flowers are laid on a beach in Iwaki, Japan for victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2021.

Local residents leave lanterns for earthquake and tsunami victims in Koriyama, Fukushima, on March 11, 2021.