A man offers a prayer for the victims of tsunami and earthquake on the area destroyed by the tsunami at Namie in Fukushima prefecture near the crippled TEPCO’s nuclear plant on Friday, March 11, 2016 on the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)
Buddhist monks offer prayers before a small altar for the victims of tsunami and earthquake in Namie in Fukushima prefecture near the crippled TEPCO nuclear plant on Friday, March 11, 2016 on the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)
Two men pray early on March 11, 2016 at a shrine next to the remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
The remains of Okawa Elementary School on March 11, 2016 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Exactly 5 years earlier 74 out of the school’s 108 students lost their lives as a result of the tsunami on March 11th, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
People come to pray at the ruins of Okawa Elementary School on March 11, 2016 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Exactly 5 years earlier 74 out of the school’s 108 students lost their lives as a result of the tsunami on March 11th, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
There are plans to rebuild the school but as yet this has not been fixed. The fate of the destroyed buildings is also expected to be decided soon with residents of the town divided as to whether they should be preserved as a memorial or removed. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
The ruins of Okawa Elementary School on March 11, 2016 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 5 years ago to this day 74 out of the school’s 108 students lost their lives as a result of the tsunami on March 11th, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
A procession of monks arrive at what is left of Okawa Elementary School on March 11, 2016 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 5 years earlier 84 people lost their lives here as a result of the tsunami on March 11th, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO)
