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    KMA13. Okuma (Japan), 19/07/2017.- A handout picture provided by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) via Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) shows inside the pedestal of number 3 reactor at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, 19 July 2017 (issued 23 July 2017). Media outlets report that the images, taken by an underwater robot, show possible melted nuclear fuel deposits inside the reactor. The IRID said, they could examine likely melted materials which are consolidated, fallen substances such as grating and the sediments. The facility was damaged when an earthquake on 11 March 2011, triggered a tsunami and sent three reactors into meltdown, killing more than 18,500 people. (Tokio, Terremoto/sismo, Japón) EFE/EPA/IRID/TEPCO/HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

    Japan's post-earthquake recovery efforts

    Reconstruction and cultural relief projects continue in Japan following the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation on March 11, 2011.