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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 4

At least 140 people have died and 127 remain missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, with the central province of Cebu suffering the worst damage from floods and mudslides. Homes were destroyed and streets were left buried in debris, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. In Cebu, floodwaters rose to roof level in some areas. A state of calamity has been declared in Cebu to speed up emergency response as rescue operations continue.

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US: Multiple Arrested At Pro-Palestine Protest Outside NYU Stern School Of Business

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including students and faculty members, rallied outside the New York University Stern School of Business on Monday, April 22. As the protest intensified, multiple protesters were taken into custody.

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Aichi expo site illuminated in test

NAGAKUTE, Japan - The site of the 2005 world exposition in Aichi Prefecture is illuminated in a test on Dec. 27 prior to the illuminations for the year-end and New Year's Day.

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Emperor thanks Aichi Expo organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L), talk to Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), who served as chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, at the Imperial Palace on Oct. 2. The Imperial couple invited 38 people involved with the expo to express their appreciation for efforts made for the six-month event that closed Sept. 25. At 2nd from right is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Pool photo)

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Aichi Expo ends after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a speech during a grand closing ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition held at the Nagakute main site in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a closing ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of the countries participating in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture stand under the blue sky as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25. The Expo served as a testing ground for new technologies and featuring exhibits like humanoid robots and a frozen mammoth from Siberia.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of the countries participating in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture stand under the blue sky as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25. The Expo served as a testing ground for new technologies and featuring exhibits like humanoid robots and a frozen mammoth from Siberia.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Int'l Beauty Pageant contestants gather at Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Contestants for the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2005 gather at the World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 21. Some 50 contestants visited the exposition as part of events preceding the Sept. 26 beauty competition in Tokyo.

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Record number of people visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A full moon is seen from the Nagakute site of the 2005 World Exposition on Sept. 18. A record number of people for a single day visited the exposition in Aichi Prefecture on the day, reaching 281,441, its organizer said. The previous single-day record was 250,694 set on Sept. 10.

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Number of Expo visitors tops 20 mil.

NAGAKUTE, Japan - People throng the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 16, the same day the number of visitors there topped the 20 million mark. The figure surpassed the 15 million targeted by the organizers. The expo ends its six-month run on Sept. 25.

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Crown Prince visits Bangladesh Pavilion

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito waves to well-wishers Aug. 25 as he arrives at the Bangladesh Pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. It is the prince's fourth visit to the expo. He serves as honorary expo president.

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Number of visitors to Aichi Expo tops targeted 15 million

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Housewife noriko Seko smiles as she received the key to a Toyota hybrid car after becoming the 15 millionth visitor to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 18. The Japan Association for World Exposition 2005 said the 15 millionth visitor entered the gate at around 10:15 a.m. on the 147th day of the 185-day expo, which began on March 25.

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Number of visitors to Aichi Expo tops targeted 15 mil.

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A crowd gathers in front of the north gate of the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 18. The number of visitors to the expo surpassed the 15 million mark the same day, the target set by the Expo organizers, 40 days before the event's closing Sept. 25.

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Crown Princess Masako visits Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Crown Princess Masako smiles at well-wishers as she arrives at the British pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 20. The princess, who is recuperating from a stress-related illness, was accompanying Crown Prince Naruhito on his official trip to the Aichi Expo.

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrives at Central Japanese Railways Co.'s linear car pavilion during their visit to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 12.

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Visitors to Expo top 10 million

NAGAKUTE, Japan - The arrival of the 10 millionth visitor to World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture is celebrated in a ceremony on July 4. The number marks two-thirds of the goal for the six-month event, the Japan Association for World Exposition 2005 said. About 16,000 people lined up when the organizers opened the expo gate at 9 a.m., and the total number of visitors reached 10,008,105 at 11 a.m., exceeding the 10 million mark on the 102nd day since its opening.

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Visitors to Expo top 10 million

NAGOYA, Japan - People visit the 2005 World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on July 4, in the rain. The number of visitors to the expo surpassed 10 million the same day, two-thirds of the goal for the six-month event, according to the Japan Association for World Exposition 2005.

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Visitors to Aichi Expo top 9 million

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A large crowd take to the site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture in a sweltering weather on June 25. The cumulative number of visitors since the start of the event on March 25 topped nine million mark on this day.

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(1)Japan Week celebrated at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito listens to an explanation during his visit to the Japan pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on June 6. The prince visited the Expo site to attend Japan Week events that began on June 6. (Pool photo)

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(2)Japan Week celebrated at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Shamisen (three-stringed banjo) players give a performance with a Katsushika Hokusai ukiyo-e in the background as part of events to mark Japan Week at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on June 7.

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(2)Japan Week begins at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, honorary president of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, addresses an opening ceremony for Japan Day and Japan Week at the world fair on June 6.

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(1)Japan Week begins at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japan, as host of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, kicked off a week of events June 6 to celebrate Japan Day and Japan Week at the world fair with an opening ceremony attended by Crown Prince Naruhito, honorary president of the expo, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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No. of expo visitors top 5 million at unexpectedly fast pace

NAGOYA, Japan - People flock to the 2005 World Exposition facilities in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 23. The number of visitors to the expo surpassed the 5 million mark the same day at a faster clip than organizers had anticipated.

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(3)China celebrates national day at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Students wave the Chinese and Japanese flags at the Expo Dome during a Chinese national day event May 19 at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture.

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits the 2005 World Exposition site at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 10 for his country's national day events at the expo.

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U.S. envoy lauds Expo as reminder of future U.S.-Japan cooperation

NAGAKUTE, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Pavilion on his one-day visit to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on MMay 2. The ambassador lauded Aichi Expo as a reminder of the fruits of what the two countries and the world could achieve.

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(2)Aichi Expo logs record crowds

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A record number of visitors crowd the Nagakute site of the 2005 World Exposition in fine weather on April 30.

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Crowds flock to Aichi Expo on 1st day of Golden Week holidays

NAGOYA, Japan - People visit the 2005 World Exposition main site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on April 29, the first day of the April 29-May 8 Golden Week holiday period. The Aichi Expo will run through Sept. 25 under the theme ''Nature's Wisdom.''

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Night event held at Aichi Expo site

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors to the 2005 World Exposition view a night event held at the expo site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on April 16.

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Swedish crown princess visits Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria smiles at well-wishers on arrival at 2005 World Expo at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, to attend Swedish national day events on April 6.

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(2)German president visits Aichi EXPO

NAGAKUTE, Japan - German President Horst Koehler (C) is greeted by Shoichiro Toyota, chairman of the 2005 World Exposition, on arrival at the expo site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on April 5.

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(8)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - People walk in the 2005 World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 25, the opening day of the six-month expo.

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(9)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - People crowd the north gate of the 2005 World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 25, the opening day of the six-month expo.

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(7)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Crown Prince Naruhito flash an ''I love you'' finger sign to the audiences during the pre-opening ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya, on March 24.

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(3)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of participants in the 2005 World Exposition are hoisted at the Nagakute site of the exposition in Aichi Prefecture, on March 25, the opening day of the six-month expo.

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(4)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito puts on a switch to kick off the pre-opening ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya, on March 24. The prince serves as honorary president of the six-month-long exposition.

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(2)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech during the pre-opening ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 24. Koizumi said that people should appreciate the significance of the Japanese word ''Mottainai (waste not, want not)'' and achieve economic development while protecting the environment through the use of science and technology.

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(3)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of more than 120 countries and international organizations taking part in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture enter the Expo Dome, the site of the pre-opening ceremony for the six-month event held on March 24.

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(1)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito delivers a speech during the pre-opening ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 24. The six-month-long event, joined by more than 120 countries and international organizations opens on March 25.

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Civic groups demonstrate opposition to EXPO

NAGOYA, Japan - Holding a banner, members of civic groups parade in downtown Nagoya on March 19 to press their opposition to the 2005 World Exposition.

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(2)Aichi Expo offers preview 1 week ahead of opening

NAGOYA, Japan - A statue of Benjamin Franklin stands at the entrance of the American pavilion for the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture. A three-day preview of the exposition began on March 18.

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(3)Aichi Expo offers preview 1 week ahead of opening

NAGOYA, Japan - Musical instrument players practice at the Chinese pavilion for the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture on March 18 as a three-day preview of the expo began.

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(4)Aichi Expo offers preview 1 week ahead of opening

NAGOYA, Japan - A frozen mammoth unearthed in Siberia is exhibited at a pavilion for the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture on March 18 as a three-day preview of the expo began.

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Countdown for Aichi Expo begins

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A countdown for the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture begins on a panel (bottom), set up in the center of a large Ferris wheel at the main exposition site in Nagakute on Feb 23, 30 days before the start of the exposition.

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Aichi expo stamps to be issued

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post will issue stamps commemorating the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on March 25, the opening day of the event, at post offices throughout Japan. The expo will run through September 25.