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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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10th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 13, 2026, shows a bridge that was rebuilt in 2021 after collapsing in a pair of massive earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture 10 years earlier. A total of 278 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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10th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 13, 2026, shows a bridge that was rebuilt in 2021 after collapsing in a pair of massive earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture 10 years earlier. A total of 278 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Repair work at Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken April 10, 2024, shows Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, under repair after being severely damaged in a pair of massive earthquakes in April 2016. The castle is expected to be fully restored in fiscal 2052.

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Türkiye arrests 36 suspects over links to failed coup attempt: media

STORY: Türkiye arrests 36 suspects over links to failed coup attempt: media SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024 DATELINE: April 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. police teams leave the police station for the operation and raid the determined address in Türkiye 2. various of arrested suspects being taken to the police station in Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish police arrested 36 suspects on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in 2016, local media reported. According to the state-run Anadolu agency, police conducted simultaneous operations targeting 45 suspects across the western province of Izmir, with 36 of them apprehended so far. Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terror Crimes Investigation Bureau revealed that among the wanted suspects, 27 were shopkeepers, and 18 others were "hiding in cell houses," according to the report. The suspects are believed to be affiliated with the Gulen movement, a network led by the U.S.-bas

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Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2024, shows Kumamoto Castle still under repair after it was severely damaged in a pair of massive earthquakes that hit Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in April 2016.

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Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations

STORY: Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at Dhaka University making paper works STORYLINE: As Bengali New Year nears, preparations are in full swing across Bangladesh, especially in the capital, Dhaka. The day, usually celebrated every year on April 14, is marked by grand festivities. Currently, artists from Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts are dedicating their time to crafting paper masks and large bamboo symbolic animal figures. They will be used at the main colorful new year procession called the Mangal Shobhajatra (March of Good Tidings). The flagship procession was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dhaka. (XHTV)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practice operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practicing operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practice operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (L) tests insulation resistance in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Liu Zhoupeng)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (front) looks for operating spots in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton delivers his speech during the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, at Loft Sevigne showroom in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron and Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton at Loft Sevigne showroom for the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron and Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton at Loft Sevigne showroom for the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron and Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton at Loft Sevigne showroom for the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - Atmosphere during the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, at Loft Sevigne showroom in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton delivers his speech during the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, at Loft Sevigne showroom in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron during the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, at Loft Sevigne showroom in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron and Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton at Loft Sevigne showroom for the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Government Will Support Struggling Atos To Save Jobs

File photo - French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector Emmanuel Macron and Atos Chairman and CEO Thierry Breton at Loft Sevigne showroom for the presentation of Atos' Bull Sequana, the world's most efficient supercomputer, in Paris, France on April 12, 2016. A first exascale-class computer, Bull Sequana is capable of processing a billion billion operations per second while consuming 10 times less energy than current systems. - The French government will be there to support the activities of Atos and the tens of thousands of jobs employed by the struggling IT services group, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, after Atos shares plunged around 29 %. On Monday, Atos said it would drop plans for a rights issue due to "changes in the market environment" and added it had started talks with its banks about refinancing its debt. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practice operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (front) looks for operating spots in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practice operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxi Nyima (L) tests insulation resistance in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Liu Zhoupeng)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-POWER SUPPLY-MAINTENANCE

(230427) -- LHASA, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows Zhaxi Nyima (R) and his apprentice practicing operation skills on overhead high-voltage live wire in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 26, 2023. Zhaxi Nyima has been working in the field of power supply for about 30 years. In 2016, he took the training class and got the certificate, becoming the first person qualified of doing live-wire work in high altitude area in State Grid Tibet Electric Power Company. Live-wire operation is an important technical measure to ensure reliable power supply, but it is also a very dangerous and hard work. No matter in hot summer or cold winter, as long as there is a task, Zhaxi Nyima will climb on the high-voltage wire more than 10 meters above the ground and solve the problems. In 2018, Tashi Nyima won the title of "Tibetan Craftsman" in recognition of his professional skills. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Baseball great Oh to support Tokyo's 2016 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Legendary home run king Sadaharu Oh (L) and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara shake hands during a signing ceremony for an annual youth baseball tournament in Tokyo on April 10. Oh pledged to lend his support for Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

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N. Korea's marathon attracts 1,000 foreigners

PYONGYANG, April 10 Kyodo - About 1,000 foreigners from around 40 countries enter the May Day Stadium, the world's largest soccer stadium with a seating capacity of 150,000, in Pyongyang on April 10, 2016, to run in the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon. The marathon was part of events celebrating the birthday of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

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JR Hokkaido's bullet train

SAPPORO, Japan - JR Hokkaido President Osamu Shimada, president of Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, holds a press conference in Sapporo on April 16, 2014. Shimada said the company will connect southern Hokkaido and Tokyo in four hours and 10 minutes with a new bullet train line planned to begin operating in spring 2016.

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Xinhua Headlines: Tibetan relics show solid bonds between plateau and plains

(220410) -- LHASA, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2016 shows the Shalu Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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NASA Delays The James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

★Handout photo dated April 29, 2016 of Inside the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the golden James Webb Space Telescope is viewed from overhead with its secondary mirror booms stowed. This is the position the secondary mirror will be in during launch. Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, but it's having to delay the science observatory's trip into space once again. Thankfully, the launch might take place just a few weeks later, in November or early December. A rescheduled date is unlikely to be confirmed until later this summer or perhaps in the fall. The instrument, successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which is the largest science observatory ever placed into space, will launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana. Photo by NASA via AB

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Japan's Emperor Akihito eyeing abdication: government source

File photo taken April 10, 1959, shows then-Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko parading through the streets of Tokyo on their wedding day. Emperor Akihito has expressed his intention to abdicate, a government source said on July 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temporary housing completed in quake-hit town

Photo taken June 10, 2016, in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki shows just-completed temporary housing for evacuees from a series of powerful earthquakes in April. More than 2,000 people are still taking shelter there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temporary housing completed in quake-hit town

Photo taken June 10, 2016, in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki shows just-completed temporary housing for evacuees from a series of powerful earthquakes in April. More than 2,000 people are still taking shelter there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Removal of collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle starts

Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto work on June 7, 2016, to clear collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle following a series of powerful earthquakes in April. It is estimated that it will take over 10 years to reconstruct the castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Removal of collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle starts

Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto work on June 7, 2016, to clear collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle following a series of powerful earthquakes in April. It is estimated that it will take over 10 years to reconstruct the castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Removal of collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle starts

Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto work on June 7, 2016, to clear collapsed stone walls at Kumamoto Castle following a series of powerful earthquakes in April. It is estimated that it will take over 10 years to reconstruct the castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nearly a month after major quakes in southwestern Japan

A woman walks by destroyed houses in Mashiki, southwestern Japan, on May 10, 2016, one of the towns hit hardest by major earthquakes in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama to visit Hiroshima on May 27

File photo taken in April 2015 shows the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, skeletal remains of the only major building that survived a 1945 U.S. atomic bomb. The Japanese government said on May 10, 2016, that President Barack Obama will make the first visit to Hiroshima by a U.S. head of state on May 27 after attending a Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Mejia PL position player of March, April

Seibu Lions first baseman Ernesto Mejia poses for photos at a hotel in Sendai, Japan on May 10, 2016 after winning the first monthly honors of the Nippon Professional Baseball season. Mejia went homerless through April 8, but finished the month with 10, the most in either league, while tying for the NPB lead in RBIs with 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball; Viciedo CL position player of March, April

Chunichi Dragons first baseman Dayan Viciedo speaks to reporters in Yokohama on May 10, 2016, after winning the first monthly honors of the Nippon Professional Baseball season that began March 25. The Cuban finished April with a .347 batting average, nine home runs to tie for the Central League lead and 23 RBIs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

Kim Dong Chul (C), a Korean-American man, heads to a courtroom ahead of a ruling by North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on April 29, 2016. The 62-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, who has been held since October 2015, was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for carrying out what the court describes as spying activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

Kim Dong Chul, a Korean-American man, leaves a courtroom after North Korea's top court sentences him to 10 years of hard labor for carrying out what it describes as spying activities, in Pyongyang on April 29, 2016. The 62-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen has been held since October 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plans to restore Kumamoto Castle remain up in the air

The roof tiles and stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle have been badly damaged by a series of quakes in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 26, 2016. Specific plans to restore the castle remain up in the air, with experts estimating it would take at least 10 years for completion, as it requires adequate financial resources and highly specialized techniques to rebuild the Edo-era stonewalls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plans to restore Kumamoto Castle remain up in the air

The roof tiles and stonewalls of Kumamoto Castle have been badly damaged by a series of quakes in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 26, 2016. Specific plans to restore the castle remain up in the air, with experts estimating it would take at least 10 years for completion, as it requires adequate financial resources and highly specialized techniques to rebuild the Edo-era stonewalls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nearly two-thirds of Kumamoto schools remain closed after quakes

Cracks are seen April 24, 2016, on a wall of a building of Higashino junior high school in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto, following a series of powerful earthquakes about 10 days earlier. Nearly two-thirds of educational facilities in Kumamoto Prefecture remained closed after their buildings were damaged or used as evacuation centers, local governments and education boards said April 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nearly two-thirds of Kumamoto schools remain closed after quakes

Pupils at Tasoko elementary school in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto are on their way to school on April 25, 2016. The school resumed the same day after a series of powerful earthquakes about 10 days earlier, while nearly two-thirds of educational facilities in Kumamoto Prefecture remained closed, local governments and education boards said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nearly two-thirds of Kumamoto schools remain closed after quakes

Frames of a classroom door and windows are seen bent April 24, 2016, at Higashino junior high school in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto, following a series of powerful earthquakes about 10 days earlier. Nearly two-thirds of educational facilities in Kumamoto Prefecture remained closed after their buildings were damaged or used as evacuation centers, local governments and education boards said April 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nearly two-thirds of Kumamoto schools remain closed after quakes

Students at Sakuragi junior high school in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto clean up April 25, 2016, on the premises of the school, which has been used as an evacuation center following powerful earthquakes about 10 days earlier. The school is expected to resume classes around mid-May. Nearly two-thirds of educational facilities in Kumamoto Prefecture remained closed, local governments and education boards said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo