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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Actor and novelist Midori Utsumi

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor and novelist Midori Utsumi attends a press conference at Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo on July 19, 1983.

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Philippines: 5 Alarm Fire Erupts at Industrial Establishment in Valenzuela 2

A fire broke out at an industrial establishment on T. Santiago Street in Valenzuela City at 5:25 p.m. on Friday, April 18. The blaze rapidly escalated, reaching the fifth alarm by 7:21 p.m. Firefighters are currently on site working to extinguish the fire.

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Upscale Tokyo hotel to turn into shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the main building of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, which closed for business on March 31, 2011. The former upscale hotel will begin accepting evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture, who have had to leave their homes due to radiation leaks from a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on April 9.

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Bubble-era trendy hotel ends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Employees see one of the last guests off as the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo wraps up about 55 years of operation on March 31, 2011. The hotel, known as a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, will be demolished after accepting evacuees affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Bubble-era trendy hotel ends operation

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo wraps up about 55 years of operation on March 31, 2011. The hotel, known as a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, will be demolished after accepting evacuees affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Akasaka Prince hotel holds farewell events

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka view photos on Feb. 9, 2011, at an exhibit showing the history of the hotel, which was one of the trendiest spots in town during the 1980s when Japan's economy boomed. The hotel is holding a series of farewell events ahead of its closure at the end of March.

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High-end Tokyo hotel to shelter nuclear evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2011, shows the main building of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which is scheduled to be torn down in 2011, following the hotel's closure at the end of March. The hotel, which was considered ultra-chic in the 1980s, will be used as an evacuation center until the end of June for evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Bubble-era trendy hotel to be demolished

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the new annex of Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, commonly known as ''Akapuri,'' in Tokyo. The hotel, known to have been a stage of numerous power games of Japanese politics and a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, is scheduled to close at the end of March 2011 and be demolished after about 55 years of operations.

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka is lit up in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010.

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka is lit up in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010.

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - Children take part in a ceremony to light up the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010.

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Akasaka Prince hotel to end business

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo. The operator Seibu Holdings Inc. announced April 28, 2010 that it will close the hotel, which has been used for key politicians' meetings and celebrities' wedding ceremonies since its opening in 1955, at the end of March 2011.

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Christmas tree appears on Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo is lit up in many colors to resemble a Christmas tree on Nov. 4, 2009.

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A banquet hall of the new facility Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A restaurant of the new hall Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A new hall Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall and the tower building seen in the background are parts of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility after Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel

A guest room of the new hotel Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hotel is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility after Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel

A lounge of the new hotel Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hotel is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was build on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Christmas tree appears on Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo is lit up in many colors to resemble a Christmas tree on Nov. 4, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka is lit up in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka is lit up in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear evacuees leave closed Akasaka Prince hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Matsuki Kamoshita (R), 8, and his brother, who evacuated with their mother from Fukushima Prefecture, play with cardboard boxes on June 30, 2011, at a room in the closed Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, where they have been taking shelter following a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Hundreds of nuclear evacuees prepared to leave the facility for other shelters on the last day of their temporary accommodation there. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear evacuees leave closed Akasaka Prince hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Matsuki Kamoshita (L), 8, and his brother, who evacuated with their mother from Fukushima Prefecture following a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, sit by the window of the closed Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo on June 30, 2011. Hundreds of nuclear evacuees prepared to leave the facility for other shelters on the last day of their temporary accommodation there. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees move into high-rise Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Families of evacuees from Fukshima Prefecture check in at the former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, which reopened as a temporary shelter for evacuees, on April 9, 2011. Some 360 people who were forced to leave their homes due to radiation leakage at the Fukshima Daiichi nuclear power plant moved into the high-rise hotel, which closed in March. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees move into high-rise Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Ono, an evacuee from Fukushima Prefecture, lies on a bed for the first time in two weeks at the former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a hotel in Tokyo which closed in March, on April 9, 2011. The high-rise hotel reopened as a temporary evacuation shelter for those forced to leave their homes due to radiation leakage at the Fukshima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Upscale Tokyo hotel to turn into shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the main building of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, which closed for business on March 31, 2011. The former upscale hotel will begin accepting evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture, who have had to leave their homes due to radiation leaks from a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on April 9. (Kyodo)

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Akasaka Prince hotel to end business

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo. The operator Seibu Holdings Inc. announced April 28, 2010 that it will close the hotel, which has been used for key politicians' meetings and celebrities' wedding ceremonies since its opening in 1955, at the end of March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Bubble-era trendy hotel ends operation

TOKYO, Japan - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo wraps up about 55 years of operation on March 31, 2011. The hotel, known as a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, will be demolished after accepting evacuees affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Bubble-era trendy hotel ends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Employees see one of the last guests off as the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo wraps up about 55 years of operation on March 31, 2011. The hotel, known as a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, will be demolished after accepting evacuees affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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High-end Tokyo hotel to shelter nuclear evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2011, shows the main building of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which is scheduled to be torn down in 2011, following the hotel's closure at the end of March. The hotel, which was considered ultra-chic in the 1980s, will be used as an evacuation center until the end of June for evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Bubble-era trendy hotel to be demolished

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the new annex of Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, commonly known as ''Akapuri,'' in Tokyo. The hotel, known to have been a stage of numerous power games of Japanese politics and a trendy spot during the asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s, is scheduled to close at the end of March 2011 and be demolished after about 55 years of operations. (Kyodo)

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Akasaka Prince hotel holds farewell events

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2011, shows a building of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which was one of the trendiest spots in town during the 1980s bubble economy. The hotel is holding a series of farewell events ahead of its closure at the end of March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Akasaka Prince hotel holds farewell events

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka view photos on Feb. 9, 2011, at an exhibit showing the history of the hotel, which was one of the trendiest spots in town during the 1980s when Japan's economy boomed. The hotel is holding a series of farewell events ahead of its closure at the end of March. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo already in Christmas mood

TOKYO, Japan - Children take part in a ceremony to light up the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in colors to resemble a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Commercial complex opens on former Akasaka Prince site in Tokyo

A tape-cutting ceremony is held to mark the opening of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho commercial complex in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 27, 2016. The major complex of Seibu Holdings Inc., including an upscale hotel, a banquet hall, offices and apartment units, was built on the site of the former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo