Timeline for March 2015

On the fourth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, representatives of families of victims from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures share words of condolence in memory of the dead at a ceremony at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015. (© Jiji)

The first Hokuriku Shinkansen service, the Kagayaki, leaves Kanazawa Station for Tokyo on March 14, 2015. (© Jiji)

Many consider Himeji to be Japan's most spectacular castle. (© Jiji)