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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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9th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken on April 15, 2025, shows Aso Ohashi bridge in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, which collapsed in a landslide triggered by a pair of massive earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016. The bridge is preserved as a reminder of the disaster.

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9th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken on April 15, 2025, shows Aso Ohashi bridge in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, which collapsed in a landslide triggered by a pair of massive earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016. The bridge is preserved as a reminder of the disaster.

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi enjoys its birthday cake at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi enjoys its birthday cake at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People take photos of Giant panda Ru Yi at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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ROK-born giant panda Fu Bao greets the public in SW China

STORY: ROK-born giant panda Fu Bao greets the public in SW China SHOOTING TIME: June 12, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU XIANG, Fu Bao's breeder 3. various of Fu Bao STORYLINE: Giant panda Fu Bao met the public for the first time on Wednesday since returning to southwest China's Sichuan Province. Fu Bao is the first giant panda born in the Republic of Korea (ROK). It returned to China in early April this year. Fu Bao, meaning "lucky treasure" in English, is the first cub of giant pandas Ai Bao and Le Bao, who were sent to the ROK from China in 2016 on a 15-year lease. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU XIANG, Fu Bao's breeder "He really adapts quite quickly. We have made preparations for it beforehand. Getting him to adapt means letting him know that there are many brothers and sisters in the panda community. Before, he o

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Wedding dress designer Katsura dies at 94

Japanese wedding dress designer Yumi Katsura is pictured in Tokyo on July 15, 2016. She died on April 26, 2024, at age 94.

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CHINA-PLA NAVY-ESCORT MISSION-15 YEARS (CN)

(231228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vessels of the 23rd escort mission fleet dispatched by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are in replenishment operation during their voyage on April 25, 2016. Since December 2008, China has been dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Over the past 15 years, 45 consecutive fleets, 150 vessels and 35,000 personnel of the PLA Navy have joined the efforts, escorting more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign vessels, including 12 World Food Program ships. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese navy's 15-year quest for peace in Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia" (Photo by Qian Hong/Xinhua)

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ZAMBIA-SNAPSHOT

(230915) -- LUSAKA, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 21, 2016 shows the New Kapiri Mposhi Station of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway in Zambia. The Tanzania-Zambia Railway runs from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia. Zambia is a mining powerhouse in southern Africa, and is one of the largest copper producers on the continent. The country is also rich in tourism resources, attracting tourists worldwide. (Xinhua/Peng Lijun)

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Kumamoto marks 5th anniversary of quakes

KUMAMOTO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Combined photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto. The top image was taken on April 15, 2016, showing damage sustained in the first of a pair of massive earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan region the previous day. The middle photo was taken on April 3, 2018, showing restoration work and the bottom image taken on April 14, 2021, shows the castle prepared to open the interior of the castle towers to the public about two weeks later.

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Akie Abe

TOKYO, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, lays flowers at a gravestone in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, for Russian soldiers who died in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war.

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Nakatani comments on N. Korea missile reports

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters in Tokyo on April 14, 2016, to comment on a report that North Korea may have deployed one or two mid-range ballistic missiles for launch possibly on the April 15 birthday of the country's founder. Nakatani said Japan will keep a close watch on developments.

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Campaigning for governor races in Tokyo, 12 prefectures to begin

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates contesting the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April attend a public debate in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on March 15 on the issue whether Tokyo should bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. From L to R: architect Kisho Kurokawa, former Adachi Ward mayor Manzo Yoshida, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is running for a third four-year term. Campaigning for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 12 other prefectures is set to begin March 22.

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Turkey detains 113 over suspected links to 2016 coup

STORY: Turkey detains 113 over suspected links to 2016 coup DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Turkish police operation against Gulen movement in Turkey ( courtesy of ihlas news agency ) 2. Various of detained people during the Turkish police operation against Gulen movement in Turkey ( courtesy of ihlas news agency ) 3. Various of Fethullah Gulen, U.S.-based Muslim preacher ( edited ) 4. Various of the attempted coup on July 15, 2016 in Turkey ( edited ) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 113 suspects over their alleged links to a movement accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. According to the statement by the office of the capital Ankara's chief prosecutor, an arrest warrant was issued for 34 suspects for their suspected affiliation with the "public service structure" of the Gulen movement. At least 30 people have been detained so far in police raids across 19 provinces, the semi-official Anadolu Agency repo

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Campaigning for governor races in Tokyo, 12 prefectures to begin

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates contesting the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April attend a public debate in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on March 15 on the issue whether Tokyo should bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. From L to R: architect Kisho Kurokawa, former Adachi Ward mayor Manzo Yoshida, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is running for a third four-year term. Campaigning for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 12 other prefectures is set to begin March 22. (Kyodo)

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China Toy Industry Growing

Toys are displayed for sale in Yichang, Hubei province, China, April 15, 2021. According to the report of China Toys and Baby Products Association, the domestic market of China's toy industry increased from 55.60 billion yuan in 2016 to 77.97 billion yuan in 2020, with a year-on-year growth of 2.6% in 2020.

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Takata chief to quit after recovery path found from recall woes

Photo taken April 2013 shows Takata Corp. Chairman Shigehisa Takada. The Japanese auto parts maker said on June 28, 2016, the number of deaths believed to have been caused by its ruptured air bag inflators stood at 15, with the number of related injuries exceeding 150 worldwide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamoto unveils symbol of reconstruction in motif of Kumamon face

Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima and the prefecture's black bear mascot Kumamon hold a flag bearing a symbol representing the prefecture's reconstruction efforts, designed in the motif of Kumamon's face, during a press conference at the prefectural government offices on June 15, 2016. The southwestern Japan prefecture was hit by powerful earthquakes in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joyo, Ashikaga to inaugurate holding company Oct.1

Joyo Bank President Kazuyoshi Terakado (L) and Ashikaga Holdings Co. President Masanao Matsushita shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on April 25, 2016, at which they announced their agreement to integrate their managements under a holding company to be named Mebuki Financial Group on Oct. 1 with assets totaling 15 trillion yen ($135 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joyo, Ashikaga to inaugurate holding company Oct.1

Joyo Bank President Kazuyoshi Terakado (L) and Ashikaga Holdings Co. President Masanao Matsushita announce in Tokyo on April 25, 2016, that the two companies have formally agreed to integrate their managements under a holding company to be named Mebuki Financial Group on Oct. 1 with assets totaling 15 trillion yen ($135 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese government poster warns of foreign spies

A comic strip poster warning of foreign spies is displayed at a subway station in Beijing on April 22, 2016. As part of a campaign to mark China's first National Security Education Day on April 15, President Xi Jinping's administration put up the "Dangerous Love" poster around the capital, depicting a female civil servant who falls in love with a white man pretending to be a researcher, steals classified information from work at his request and is arrested. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese government poster warns of foreign spies

A man looks at a comic strip poster warning of foreign spies at Dongdan subway station in Beijing on April 22, 2016. As part of a campaign to mark China's first National Security Education Day on April 15, President Xi Jinping's administration put up the "Dangerous Love" poster around the capital, depicting a female civil servant who falls in love with a white man pretending to be a researcher, steals classified information from work at his request and is arrested. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Largest Japanese railway museum prepares for opening

Elementary school students view a display showing the mechanism of a railway crossing at the Kyoto Railway Museum in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 15, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on April 29. Operated by West Japan Railway Co., the museum is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, showcasing a total of 53 trains ranging from the nation's oldest steam locomotive to recent shinkansen bullet train models. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Largest Japanese railway museum prepares for opening

Elementary school students observe a display showing the internal structure of a ticket gate used at train stations at the Kyoto Railway Museum in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 15, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on April 29. Operated by West Japan Railway Co., the museum is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, showcasing a total of 53 trains ranging from the nation's oldest steam locomotive to recent shinkansen bullet train models. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Largest Japanese railway museum prepares for opening

Elementary school students touch the front car of the Raicho (Thunderbird), a limited express train operated between 1964 and 2011, at the Kyoto Railway Museum in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 15, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on April 29. The museum, run by the same operator, is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, showcasing a total of 53 trains ranging from the nation's oldest steam locomotive to recent shinkansen bullet train models. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Largest Japanese railway museum prepares for opening

Officials watch over elementary school students practicing driving on simulators, used by professional train drivers for training, at the Kyoto Railway Museum in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 15, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on April 29. Operated by West Japan Railway Co., the museum is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, showcasing a total of 53 trains ranging from the nation's oldest steam locomotive to recent shinkansen bullet train models. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Largest Japanese railway museum prepares for opening

Elementary school students tour the Kyoto Railway Museum in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 15, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on April 29. Operated by West Japan Railway Co., the museum is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, showcasing a total of 53 trains ranging from the nation's oldest steam locomotive to recent shinkansen bullet train models. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, U.S. joint air drill

Photo taken April 20, 2016, shows a joint drill involving the air forces of South Korea and the United States in South Korea's western city Gunsan. Around 100 fighter jets and bombers have joined the exercise to be held from April 15 to 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, U.S. joint air drill

Photo taken April 20, 2016, shows a joint drill involving the air forces of South Korea and the United States in South Korea's western city Gunsan. Around 100 fighter jets and bombers have joined the exercise to be held from April 15 to 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese submarine arrives in Sydney

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Soryu-class submarine Hakuryu arrives at HMAS Kuttabul Naval Base in Sydney on April 15, 2016, to take part in an exercise with the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy. The Hakuryu is the first Japanese submarine to enter Sydney Harbor since World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. sees forex market orderly, in contrast with Japan's view

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) speaks in a press conference in Washington on April 15, 2016, after a two-day meeting there of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 economies. At right is Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. sees forex market orderly, in contrast with Japan's view

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew speaks in a press conference in Washington on April 15, 2016, after a two-day meeting there of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 economies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3rd municipality in Japan starts issuing same-sex partnership papers

Sakae Okamoto (L), mayor of Iga in the central Japan prefecture of Mie, hands a certificate to two women in their early 20s that recognizes their partnership as being equivalent to marriage, at the municipal government offices on April 15, 2016. Iga became the country's third local government to issue such certificates following Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards that launched similar systems the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks birthday of country founder

North Korean soldiers head to Mansudae hill, where bronze statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il stand, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2016, to offer flowers there to mark the birthday of the country's late founder Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia agree to plan Abe talks with Putin in Russia

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, hold a press conference following talks in Tokyo on April 15, 2016. They agreed to set a date for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Candy sculptures on display in Pyongyang

A sculpture made with candy features a rocket at an exhibit of candy crafts in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2016, held to commemorate the birthday of the country's late founder Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia foreign ministers to arrange leaders' talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov (2nd from L) meet at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on April 15, 2016. The two were expected to lay the groundwork for a planned meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Vladimir Putin in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi in early May. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuees spend night at shelter a day after big quake

A woman (front) cries as she makes a phone call at a shelter in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki on April 15, 2016, a day after the area was rocked by a magnitude-6.5 quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Candy sculptures on display in Pyongyang

Sculptures made with candy are displayed in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2016, to commemorate the birthday of the country's late founder Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake hits southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 15, 2016, by a drone shows collapsed houses in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki, hit by a magnitude-6.5 quake that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Athens Olympic women's marathon champ Noguchi retires

Mizuki Noguchi, the winner of the women's marathon gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, announces her retirement at a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on April 15, 2016. The 37-year-old finished 23rd at the Nagoya Women's Marathon the previous month and failed to qualify for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful quake hits southwestern Japan

A woman stands in front of collapsed houses in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki on April 15, 2016, a day after an earthquake measuring a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Athens Olympic women's marathon champ Noguchi retires

Mizuki Noguchi, the winner of the women's marathon gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tears up during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on April 15, 2016, where the 37-year-old announced her retirement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big quake hits southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 15, 2016, by a drone shows collapsed houses in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki, hit by a magnitude-6.5 quake that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Athens Olympic women's marathon champ Noguchi retires

Mizuki Noguchi, the winner of the women's marathon gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, announces her retirement at a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on April 15, 2016. The 37-year-old finished 23rd at the Nagoya Women's Marathon the previous month and failed to qualify for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo