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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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Actor and novelist Midori Utsumi

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor and novelist Midori Utsumi attends a press conference at Nakameguro Kinkero Theater in Tokyo on May 10, 2015, following the death of her husband and actor, Kinya Aikawa, who was based at the theater, on April 15, 2015.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leaves at the end of a session of the synod on themes of family, sex and marriage at the Vatican on October 16, 2015. Pope Francis inaugurated a gathering of nearly 270 bishops and cardinals. Pope Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of a three-week meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tourists attracted to snow wall in central Japan

TOYAMA, Japan, April 16 Kyodo - Visitors shout for joy while walking along 19-meter snow walls, a part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 16, 2015. The event, called Snow Wall Walk, started the same day and will run until June 22.

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Kin of Sewol ferry disaster victims wrestle with police in Seoul

SEOUL, April 16 Kyodo - Bereaved families (foreground) of victims of the Sewol ferry disaster wrestle with riot police in Seoul on April 11, 2015. They tried to approach the Blue House presidential office, demanding a full account of the accident and raising of the sunken ship five days before the first anniversary of the tragedy in which over 300 people were dead or missing.

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U.N. disarmament head

NEW YORK, United States - Angela Kane, the head of the United Nations' office for disarmament affairs, is interviewed by Kyodo News on April 16, 2014, at her office in New York. Kane said she would consider it a provocation if North Korea carries out a fourth nuclear test, especially ahead of a preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty review conference that begins April 28.

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Toyota unveils new Camry at New York auto show

NEW YORK, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan takes the wraps off its 2015 Camry model at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2014.

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Auto show in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Andy Palmer, executive vice president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks in front of the company's 2015 Murano SUV which debuted at a press preview of the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2014.

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Auto show in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Nissan Motor Co. debuts the 2015 Murano SUV at a press preview of the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2014.

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Xinhua Headlines: U.S. trap of selling second-hand weapons dismays Southeast Asian countries

(220520) -- MANILA, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Air Force officials arrive at the accident site of an F-16 jet fighter at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 16, 2015. (Photo by Danta K./Xinhua)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-RAMADAN CHARITY EVENT

(220418) -- CAIRO, April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang (2nd L, front) attends a Ramadan charity event in Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. More than 30 Chinese companies in Egypt have taken the chance of a Ramadan charity event in Cairo to donate 1 million Egyptian pounds (about 54,245 U.S. dollars) to help local families in need, said the organizers on Saturday. This year's event is the eighth of its kind since it was launched by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 2015. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-RAMADAN CHARITY EVENT

(220418) -- CAIRO, April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children display backpacks during a Ramadan charity event in Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. More than 30 Chinese companies in Egypt have taken the chance of a Ramadan charity event in Cairo to donate 1 million Egyptian pounds (about 54,245 U.S. dollars) to help local families in need, said the organizers on Saturday. This year's event is the eighth of its kind since it was launched by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 2015. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-RAMADAN CHARITY EVENT

(220418) -- CAIRO, April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members unload Ramadan gift boxes from a vehicle during a Ramadan charity event in Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2022. More than 30 Chinese companies in Egypt have taken the chance of a Ramadan charity event in Cairo to donate 1 million Egyptian pounds (about 54,245 U.S. dollars) to help local families in need, said the organizers on Saturday. This year's event is the eighth of its kind since it was launched by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 2015. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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Steam locomotive to support Fukushima's tourism

East Japan Railway Co. shows the smoke-belching D51 steam locomotive train for the "Fukushima Destination Campaign" on April 16, 2015, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, ahead of its operation on April 18 and 19 between Koriyama and Aizuwakamatsu stations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Steam locomotive train shown before operation

East Japan Railway Co. shows off a steam locomotive train for the "Fukushima Destination Campaign" on April 16, 2015, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, ahead of its operation on April 18 and 19 between Koriyama and Aizuwakamatsu stations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. presidential representative for NPT speaks in phone interview

Adam Scheinman, U.S. President Barack Obama's special representative for nuclear nonproliferation shown in this undated photo, spoke to Kyodo News by phone on April 16, 2015, before a U.N. review conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to be held in New York from April 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Photo taken April 16, 2015, shows a passageway newly built for visitors to see the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Team Trophy Figure Skating in Tokyo

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program at the Word Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. Figure skaters from Canada, China, Japan, France, the United States and Russia are competing in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Film critic Edoki talks about Vietnam War movie "Hearts and Minds"

Movie critic Jun Edoki talks about "Hearts and Minds," a 1974 documentary film about the Vietnam War, in Tokyo on March 16, 2015. The Academy Award winning film (documentary, feature) will be screened at various theaters in Japan on April 30, the 40th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

A sign attached on the fence denotes that taking pictures or shooting videos of the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) built in 1899 of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., is prohibited even from a passageway newly built for visitors to view its exterior in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on April 16, 2015. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Team Trophy Figure Skating in Tokyo

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program at the Word Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. Figure skaters from Canada, China, Japan, France, the United States and Russia are competing in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inside of Narita airport Terminal 3

The inside of Terminal 3 at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is seen on Jan. 16, 2015, showing uncovered pipes and no open ceiling space to cut construction costs and maximize air-conditioning efficiency. The terminal will be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue to make 2nd tour of Taiwan

Rio Asumi (R) and Maria Kano, the two top stars of the Flower Troupe of the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue, perform at a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2015. The musical theater group announced that it will perform 14 shows at the National Theater in Taipei from Aug. 8 to 16 in its second appearance before a Taiwanese audience following its first in April 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toddler rescued from debris after Nepal quake is hale and hearty

Rashmila Awal (L) and her 16-month-old son Sonish Awal are pictured in the family's rented room in Bhaktapur, central Nepal, on April 17, 2016. A four-month-old Sonish spent 22 hours under debris when a magnitude 7.8 quake struck Nepal in April 2015 before being rescued with just a wound on his left thigh. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toddler rescued from debris after Nepal quake is hale and hearty

Rashmila Awal (L) and her 16-month-old son Sonish Awal are pictured in the family's rented room in Bhaktapur, central Nepal, on April 17, 2016. A four-month-old Sonish spent 22 hours under debris when a magnitude 7.8 quake struck Nepal in April 2015 before being rescued with just a wound on his left thigh. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ruling bloc adopts sales tax hike exemption

Liberal Democratic Party tax panel chief Yoichi Miyazawa and his Komeito party counterpart Tetsuo Saito attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. The two ruling parties formally adopted tax reform policies for fiscal 2016 including the exemption of all food items except those served at restaurants from the planned consumption tax hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation plan compiled for residents around Takahama nuclear plant

The Cabinet Office and three western Japan prefectures finalize an evacuation plan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, for residents within 30 kilometers of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s idled Takahama nuclear plant. The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the plant in Fukui Prefecture have cleared new safety regulations set after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and are poised to restart operations, but a court injunction in April has banned Kansai Electric from bringing them back online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling bloc adopts sales tax hike exemption, other tax reform plans

Liberal Democratic Party tax panel chief Yoichi Miyazawa and his Komeito party counterpart Tetsuo Saito attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. The two ruling parties formally adopted tax reform policies for fiscal 2016, including the exemption of all food items except those served at restaurants from the planned consumption tax hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadeshiko Japan icon Sawa retires

File photo shows Homare Sawa standing next to a banner celebrating her 150th career goal in INAC Kobe Leonessa's 3-1 win away over AS Elfen Saitama in the Japanese Nadeshiko League on April 26, 2015. Sawa announced her retirement from soccer on Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shirase leaves for Antarctica

The icebreaking vessel Shirase leaves on Nov. 16, 2015, for Antarctica from a port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. The ship is expected to arrive at the Showa Base, a Japanese research station in Antarctica, by early January, and return home in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Signboard with misused Japanese displayed at Bangkok shopping mall

A signboard using a misused Japanese expression is displayed at a shopping mall in downtown Bangkok as seen in this photo taken on April 16, 2015. Loosely translated, the Japanese text reads, "Let's please enjoy bowling and karaoke." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cat stationmaster Tama, superstar in western Japan, dies

Tama, a cat stationmaster of a railway station in western Japan, receives a birthday cake on her 16th birthday on April 29, 2015, in this file photo taken in Wakayama Prefecture. The female tortoiseshell cat died June 22, 2015, at a local animal hospital aged 16 years and two months, the equivalent of about 80 years in human age, Wakayama Electric Railway Co. said June 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okama crater of Mt. Zao, northeastern Japan

The Okama crater of Mt. Zao in northeastern Japan is seen on April 13, 2015. The Japan Meteorological Agency's Sendai Regional Headquarters on June 16, 2015, lifted a volcanic warning, in place since April, for the mountain straddling Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NN Life Insurance chief in interview

Satish Bapat, president of NN Life Insurance Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. He said the company will strengthen its insurance services for managers of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People see obelisk at Trinity Site in New Mexico

Visitors gather around the obelisk marking ground zero at the Trinity Site, where the world's first nuclear device was exploded on July 16, 1945, in the U.S. state of New Mexico in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird cafe in Tokyo attracts young woman

Customers at a bird cafe touch a java sparrow in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 16, 2015. Cafes where people relax while watching or touching birds are increasing in Japan as birds are gaining popularity, especially among young women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird-watching cafe sells bird-scented ice creams

Photo taken April 16, 2015, shows bird-scented ice creams sold at a bird-watching cafe in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. As birds are gaining popularity among young women, birds-related foods and goods are increasingly sold in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign traveler spends time between connecting flights on short tour

A foreign traveler (2nd from R) listens to a volunteer tour guide at the Narita-san Shinsho-ji Buddhist temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 16, 2015, during a short trip between connecting flights at Narita airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird cafe in Tokyo attracts young woman

A woman sniffs a parrot at a bird cafe in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 16, 2015. Cafes where people relax while watching or touching birds such as parrots and parakeets are increasing in Japan as birds are gaining popularity, especially among young women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Seijo, location of many movies in Showa era

People visit an area known as Seijo in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, once dubbed "Japan's Hollywood" as a location for many movies during the Showa era, on April 16, 2015. The famous battle scene in the rain in "Seven Samurai" (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa was filmed there. An apartment building stands beside the site now. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese photographer assists children take pictures of daily life in slums

Large photos showing daily life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro are displayed in the gardens of the Museum of the Republic in the city on April 1, 2015. The photos, which were taken by children under the guidance of a Japanese photographer, will be displayed through May 3 in the city and will be exhibited in the western Japanese city of Kyoto from May 16 to June 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FHI sells seven-seat SUV Exiga Crossover 7

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s seven-seat Exiga Crossover 7 is shown in this undated photo. The car went on sale on April 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourist watches mosaic artwork at Tunis museum after March terror attack

A tourist watches a piece of mosaic artwork at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis on April 16, 2015, about a month after a terrorist attack on the museum in the Tunisian capital in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Club Michelin site renovated

Nihon Michelin Tire Co. President Bernard Delmas (R) shakes hands with Hisao Taki, chairman of Gurunavi Inc., operator of Japan's major restaurant information resource website, in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. Michelin, in cooperation with Gurunavi, renovated the Club Michelin paid membership website. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search area for missing Malaysian airliner to be doubled

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss (L) and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai attend a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on April 16, 2015. They made it clear that the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be doubled to some 120,000 square kilometers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit memorial hall dedicated to work-related dead

Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko pay a floral tribute at the Takao Mikoromo Hall dedicated to some 248,000 victims killed while at work in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on April 16, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor gets petition seeking talks on nuke arms ban

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) receives from a high school student at his office in the western Japanese city on April 16, 2015, a petition with some 60,000 signatures seeking the start of talks over a nuclear arms ban. The student is one of 10 to be dispatched to New York for a U.N. youth forum which will coincide with a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty starting in the U.S. city on April 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama port opens container terminal with Japan's deepest-water berth

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (far R) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Minami Honmoku Pier at Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo on April 16, 2015, to commemorate the completion of a container terminal with Japan's deepest-water berth at 18 meters, allowing the world's largest containerships to be docked. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese commander of multinational antipiracy operations

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Admiral Hiroshi Ito, who will be dispatched as a commander of the Combined Task Force 151 to carry out counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, talks in an interview at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Assisting people released from jail to fit into the society

Photo taken April 16, 2015 shows Hidemori Gen (R), head of a non-profit organization to support those trying to fit into the society, preparing for the opening of a Japanese-style "izakaya" pub in Tokyo with a man who has been released from jail. The NPO is called Nippon Kakekomidera. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo