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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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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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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi speaks at an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi speaks at an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi speaks at an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi attends an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi - Tehran

Iran's deputy foreign minister (current Foreign Minister) Abbas Araghchi (R), former diplomat Kazem Sajjadpour (2nd R), and deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi (L) attend an event in Tehran, Iran on April 20, 2015. The event was held as Iran was holding nuclear negotiations with P5+1. Photo by Abbas Araqchi/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis arrives at a special consistory with cardinals and bishops in the Synod hall at the Vatican on February 12, 2015. Pope Francis met with cardinals and bishops who will take part in the upcoming Feb. 14, 2015 consistory during which he will elevate 20 new cardinals. Pope Francis is urging his cardinals to cooperate with his reform of the outdated and dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy. Opening the meetings Francis said the aim was to encourage greater harmony and collaboration in 'absolute transparency' to help the church spread the faith and reach out to others. -- 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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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows the signing of key projects at the opening ceremony of the 5th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Connectivity Initiative Financial Summit in southwest China's Chongqing. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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Urasoe mayor accepts transfer of U.S. military port facilities from Naha

NAHA, Japan, April 27 Kyodo - Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, holds a press conference at the municipal government office on April 20, 2015, to announce his decision to accept the transfer of U.S. military port facilities from the prefectural capital of Naha. Matsumoto won a mayoral election in February 2013 on a pledge to oppose the transfer.

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Retired figure skater Takahashi to study in U.S.

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows retired Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who plans to study in the United States for at least a year from April 2015.

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Managing officer Yasunaga named as new Mitsui president

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Yasunaga, a 54-year-old Mitsui & Co. managing officer who will become the company's new president in April, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2015.

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Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 1985 shows Hitoshi Saito (R) competing with Yasuhiro Yamashita during the All-Japan judo championship in Tokyo. Saito, a two-time Olympic judo champion and head of the All Japan Judo Federation's committee for enhancement, died of intrahepatic bile duct cancer in Osaka on Jan. 20, 2015.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Ochi to become Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings' new president

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hitoshi Ochi, a board member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings plans to have Ochi, 62, replace Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, 68, as new president in April 2015, company sources said Dec. 20, 2014.

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Fukushima Pref. team aims to join BCL baseball

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tomiyuki Ogiya (R), representative of the preparatory office to promote the establishment of a Fukushima Prefecture team for the Baseball Challenge League, attends a press conference at Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on May 20, 2014. Fukushima team is looking to join the BC League from April 2015.

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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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Top Filipino military officer warns China over South China Sea reclamation

Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang, chief of staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, warns China over its reclamation work on reefs around one of disputed islands in the South China Sea at a press conference in Manila on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Milan ready to host world exposition

Workers put the finishing touches on the Japanese pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 in a suburb of Milan, Italy, on April 20, 2015, ahead of the May 1 opening. About 150 countries and international organizations will take part in the world exposition which will run through Oct. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges support for Cambodia's electoral reform process

Ouch Borith (R), secretary of state of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, shakes hands with Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, when they met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan vowed to support ongoing electoral reform efforts in Cambodia the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to offer training for 20 Laotian public servants

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (L) holds talks with Laotian Vice Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan pledged the same day to help Laos in efforts to train promising personnel, with Japanese officials saying Tokyo plans to accept 20 young Laotian public servants to study in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Salon for tourists opens at Kintetsu dept. store

A tourist from Taiwan (R) tries a sample of green powdered tea at the "Foreign Customer's Salon" that opened at Kintetsu Department Store Main Store in Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in the city of Osaka Prefecture on April 20, 2015. It provides foreign customers with services, such as tax exemption procedures and baggage room, while allowing them to experience Japanese culture, including the tea ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan lower house speaker Machimura to step down for health reasons

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014 shows House of Representatives Speaker Nobutaka Machimura. He has decided to step down for health reasons, a senior lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party said on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Salon for foreign tourists opens at Kintetsu dept. store

"Foreign Customer's Salon" opens at Kintetsu Department Store Main Store in Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in the city of Osaka Prefecture on April 20, 2015. It provides foreign customers with services, such as tax exemption procedures and baggage room, while allowing them to experience Japanese culture, including the tea ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Salon for foreign tourists opens at Kintetsu dept. store

"Foreign Customer's Salon" opens at Kintetsu Department Store Main Store in Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in the city of Osaka Prefecture on April 20, 2015. It provides foreign customers with services, such as tax exemption procedures and baggage room, while allowing them to experience Japanese culture, including the tea ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan lower house speaker Machimura to quit for health reasons

Undated photo shows Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Nobutaka Machimura. He is set to quit for health reasons, a Liberal Democratic Party executive said on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robot welcomes customers at Mitsukoshi Main Store

A humanoid communication robot named Aiko Chihira (L) welcomes customers at the reception desk at Mitsukoshi Main Store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on April 20, 2015. The creator of the robot, Toshiba Corp., plans to use it not only at reception desks but also at exhibition halls and welfare-related facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paul McCartney arrives in Japan

Fans greet former Beatle Paul McCartney (C) as he arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 20, 2015 for a concert tour in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New terminal for LCC at Narita airport

Terminal 3 (front L) at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, to be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April 2015 is seen on Jan. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial view of Terminal 3 at Narita airport

Photo taken Jan. 20, 2015, shows Terminal 3 at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The terminal will be used exclusively for low-cost carriers from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nepalese living in Japan provide curry to evacuees

Nepalese living in Japan provide curry to evacuees from powerful earthquakes on April 20, 2016, at Kumamoto Gakuen University in the southwestern city of Kumamoto used as a shelter. The Nepalese said they wanted to return a favor as Nepal had received support from Japan in the wake of a huge quake in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nepalese living in Japan provide curry to evacuees

Nepalese living in Japan provide curry to evacuees from powerful earthquakes on April 20, 2016, at Kumamoto Gakuen University in the southwestern city of Kumamoto used as a shelter. The Nepalese said they wanted to return a favor as Nepal had received support from Japan in the wake of a huge quake in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima A-bomb museum sees record number of foreign visitors

Kenji Shiga (L), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, announces at a press conference in the western Japan city on April 20, 2016, that the museum saw a record-high 338,891 foreign visitors in fiscal 2015 ended March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's black ink painting discovered

Renowned Edo Period "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink, found in April 2015, is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22. The painting, believed to have been created between 1790 and 1793, will be displayed at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8 to Sept. 20. It is said to be Utamaro's only known black ink painting of a woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda to launch HondaJet in Brazil

File photo taken in April 2015 shows HondaJet, developed by Honda Aircraft Co. The subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. said July 20, 2015, it will start selling the light business aircraft in Brazil on expectations for growing demand among corporate executives and wealthy people there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Nakatani heads Interpol's cybercrime unit

Noboru Nakatani, pictured on April 1, 2015, serves as executive director of Interpol's Singapore-based Global Complex for Innovation, established to tackle cybercrimes. A National Police Agency officer, Nakatani has spent much of his 20-year police career as a staffer of Interpol, or the International Criminal Police Organization, based in Lyon, France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese village plagued by arsenic poisoning for over 6 decades

A portrait of the wife of a 70-year-old Chinese farmer is seen below a poster of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong at the farmer's house in a village in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, on April 20, 2015. The woman was one of at least 700 who died from arsenic intoxication in the village, where some 2,300 people have developed arsenic poisoning symptoms over the past 65 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man suffering from arsenic poisoning in rural China

A man suffering from arsenic intoxication looks at a closed mine in a village in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, on April 20, 2015. Arsenic pollution is a serious problem in the area and at least 700 residents have died from arsenic intoxication in the past 65 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese farmer in village with arsenic pollution

Photo shows a 70-year-old Chinese farmer suffering from skin cancer in a village in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, on April 20, 2015. Arsenic pollution is a serious problem in the area and at least 700 residents have died from arsenic intoxication in the past 65 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abandoned mining facility in rural China

Photo taken on April 20, 2015, shows an abandoned mining facility in a village in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China. Arsenic pollution is a serious problem in the area. In the background is a closed mine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese village plagued by arsenic poisoning for over 6 decades

A 70-year-old Chinese farmer shows the photographer his arsenic-induced skin cancer in a village in Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, on April 20, 2015. In the contaminated village, some 2,300 people have developed arsenic poisoning symptoms over the past 65 years, resulting in at least 700 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of decommissioning lab Ogawa in interview

Toru Ogawa, chief of the Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science, speaks in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 20, 2015. The research center was opened to advance the decommissioning process of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo