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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Angelina Jolie met Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on January 8, 2015. The 39-year-old appeared thrilled as she shook hands with the pope after a screening of her new film and second directorial effort, ‘Unbroken’. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- 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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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 Pope Francis is urging his cardinals to cooperate with his reform of the outdated and dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy.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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on February 11, 2015. -- 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on April 3, 2015. The traditional Catholic procession on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ahead of Sunday's Easter holiday. -- 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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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis is passing near a palestinian flag as he leads a ceremony for the canonisation of four nuns in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on May 17, 2015. Pope Francis named two Palestinian, one french and one italian women as saints in a ceremony just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine. The ceremony, attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas highlighted Pope Francis' drive to help embattled Christian communities in the Middle East. -- 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 . - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- 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 Vatican Media (EV) /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis met Sweden's Queen Silvia , Princess Madeleine and her husband Christopher O'Neill and the little Princess Leonore during an audience in the private library at the Vatican on April 27, 2015. -- 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde during a private audience at the Vatican on March 9, 2015. Philippe and Mathilde offered to the pope a crib made by a belgian artist. A few days ago Mathilde had sustained a knee injury during a fall when she was skiing. -- 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 to greet him and wish him a pleasant stay in Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Vatican for his first sojourn since retiring. He's escaping an impending heat wave by heading to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The meeting lasted about half and hour. Pope Emeritus Benedict will remain in Castel Gandolfo for the next two weeks. He is scheduled to return on July 14. - Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. -- 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 ABACAPRESS.COM

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei (C) chats with his family members in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 19, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei makes a horse bag in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 19, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022, Sonam Qoipei w

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei displays a horse bag he made in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 18, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022, Son

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei displays a handiwork of horse bag in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 18, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei displays a horse bag he made in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 18, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022, Son

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei (C) chats with his family members in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 19, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-HORSE BAG-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoipei makes a horse bag in Nang County of Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 19, 2023. At Sonam Qoipei's workshop of handmade horse bag, various types of horse bags are neatly placed on the cabinets. The horse bag is made of cowhide, which is waterproof. Its making skill was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Tibet in 2018. Sonam Qoipei, 61, developed a keen interest in making horse bags when he was a child, after he saw the adults in his village riding on horses with the bags. At the age of 21, he studied the craft of making horse bags from a local craftsman. For now, he has become the inheritor of the craft. The process of making horse bags involves dozens of steps, so the production is time-consuming and the output is low, which has hindered its development and inheritance. In 2015, the craftsmanship received a financial support from the local government, so that it can be passed on. In 2022, Sonam Qoipei w

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

MARALINGA, Australia, July 23 Kyodo - A monument marks ground zero at Britain's former nuclear test site in Maralinga, southern Australia, as seen on April 21, 2015. Aborigines call the site, used by Britain for nuclear tests in the 1950s to 1960s, the "devil's land."

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Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

SOCHI, Russia, April 22 Kyodo - Brian Cookson, president of the world's cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia on April 21, 2015. Cookson said he opposes the idea of staging track cycling, BMX and mountain biking in Izu, Japan, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, instead of the capital.

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Colorful scarves sold at Malaysian store

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 Kyodo - A store in Kuala Lumpur is seen selling colorful scarves called tudung on April 1, 2015. Muslim women in Malaysia wear tudung in their daily lives. (Photo by Kota Endo)

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Toyota Boshoku, ANA develop aircraft seats

TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo - Photo taken April 21, 2015, shows aircraft seats unveiled in a press conference at a Tokyo hotel. Auto interior component maker Toyota Boshoku Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. said they have jointly developed the economy-class seats for domestic flights in Japan.

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New oil, gas field discovered in Egypt's Western Desert

STORY: New oil, gas field discovered in Egypt's Western Desert DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the giant Zohr gas field and staff working 2. various of the cabinet's logo 3. various of a signing ceremony between Egypt and Eni on Wednesday STORYLINE: Italian company Eni on Thursday announced a new oil and gas discovery at its Merleha concession in Egypt's Western Desert. In a statement, ENI said the new discovery has already been tied into production, in line with the infrastructure-led exploration strategy, allowing to maximize exploration opportunities of the existing infrastructures nearby. On Wednesday, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Eni signed in Cairo a framework agreement that will maximize gas production and liquefied natural gas exports. The agreement aims to promote Egyptian gas export to Europe in the context of the transition to a low carbon economy. In 2015, the Italian energy giant discovered the giant

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Biologist Torii wins 2015 Saruhashi Prize

University of Washington biologist Keiko Torii, visiting professor at Nagoya University and winner of the 2015 Saruhashi Prize, checks a plant at the Gakushi Kaikan hall in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. The prize is given yearly to an eminent female scientist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SKE48 named goodwill ambassadors for railway museum

Members of the idol girl group SKE48 and Toshiharu Kaneko (far L), head of Central Japan Railway Co.'s SCMAGLEV and Railway Park museum, pose for photos in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 21, 2015, as the group was named special goodwill ambassadors for the museum. Rena Matsui(C), a railfan, holds the letter of appointment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taco Bell opens Tokyo outlet, returns to Japan after 20-yr absence

People line up along a street in front of a newly-opened Taco Bell restaurant in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. The U.S. fast food chain, known for Mexican-inspired foods, returned to the Japanese market after an absence of about two decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taco Bell opens Tokyo outlet, returns to Japan after 20-yr absence

People wait in a long line to get into a newly opened Taco Bell restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 21, 2015. The sign says the end of the line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taco Bell opens Tokyo outlet, returns to Japan after 20-yr absence

People wait in a long line to get into a newly opened Taco Bell restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 21, 2015. The sign says the end of the line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taco Bell opens Tokyo outlet, returns to Japan after 20-yr absence

Photo taken April 21, 2015 shows a newly opened Taco Bell restaurant in Tokyo. The U.S. fast food chain, known for Mexican-inspired foods, returned to the Japanese market after an absence of about two decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taco Bell opens Tokyo outlet, returns to Japan after 20-yr absence

People line up along a street in front of a newly opened Taco Bell restaurant in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. The U.S. fast food chain, known for Mexican-inspired foods, returned to the Japanese market after an absence of about two decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Navy seaman hails emperor's visit to Peleliu for fallen comrades

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2015, in Japan's southwestern city of Chikugo shows Kiyokazu Tsuchida, a former Japanese seaman who survived a fierce 1944 battle with U.S. troops on Peleliu Island in Palau. Tsuchida, 95, waited in anticipation for the arrival on April 9 of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on the island, saying, "When (the souls of the fallen comrades) meet with the emperor, they would be delighted and surprised." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean detainee in N. Korea holds press conference again

Joo Won Moon, a South Korean citizen who has permanent residency in the United States, leaves after a press conference in Pyongyang on Sept. 25, 2015. Joo, 21, a student at New York University who has been detained in North Korea since April, held a press conference for the third time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean detainee in N. Korea holds press conference again

Joo Won Moon (C), a South Korean citizen who has permanent residency in the United States, meets the press in Pyongyang on Sept. 25, 2015. Joo, 21, a student at New York University who has been detained in North Korea since April, held a press conference for the third time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean detainee in N. Korea holds press conference again

Joo Won Moon, a South Korean citizen who has permanent residency in the United States, meets the press in Pyongyang on Sept. 25, 2015. Joo, 21, a student at New York University who has been detained in North Korea since April, held a press conference for the third time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

A sign at Britain's former nuclear test site in Maralinga, southern Australia, warns about items with low levels of radioactive contamination in the area, as seen on April 21, 2015. Aborigines call the site, used by Britain for nuclear tests in the 1950s to 1960s, the "devil's land." ==Kyodo

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Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

A guide explains a sign warning people to keep out of Britain's former nuclear test site in Maralinga, southern Australia, as seen on April 21, 2015. Aborigines call the site, used by Britain for nuclear tests in the 1950s to 1960s, the "devil's land." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MUFG introduces customer service robot in Osaka branch

The humanoid robot NAO waves at a branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Osaka on July 21, 2015. The 58-centimeter tall robot, which was made in France and is able to respond to easy questions in Japanese, including the Osaka dialect, as well as Chinese, English and French, will work at the branch until July 24 on a trial basis. The bank introduced the robot at its headquarters in Tokyo in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Satellite developed by Japan, Singapore students to be launched

Yayoi Murakami, 21, a Kyushu Institute of Technology student, speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on July 13, 2015, about a small satellite being developed jointly by the Japanese university and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. The satellite will be carried to the International Space Station by a rocket planned for launch during the fiscal year starting April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Satellite developed by Japan, Singapore students to be launched

Yayoi Murakami, 21, a Kyushu Institute of Technology student, speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on July 13, 2015, about a small satellite being developed jointly by the Japanese university and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. The satellite will be carried to the International Space Station by a rocket planned for launch during the fiscal year starting April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-D printing technology produces ceramics

Photo taken on April 21, 2015, shows a range of ceramics produced by a 3-D printer at the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The laboratory has been researching and developing ceramic ware production using a 3-D printer since 2013 and is aiming to put it to practical use by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Tanaka begins rehab in minor league

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, joining in with Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, pitches in a game against Durham Bulls in Scranton, the United States, on May 21, 2015. Tanaka threw 41 pitches in three scoreless innings for his first rehab since he was sidelined on April 29 with right wrist tendinitis and forearm strain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Tanaka begins rehab in minor league

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, joining in with Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, meets with reporters after pitching three scoreless innings in a game against Durham Bulls in Scranton, the United States, on May 21, 2015. Tanaka threw 41 pitches for his first rehab since he was sidelined on April 29 with right wrist tendinitis and forearm strain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Tanaka begins rehab in minor league

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, joining in with Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, pitches in a game against Durham Bulls in Scranton, the United States, on May 21, 2015. Tanaka threw 41 pitches in three scoreless innings for his first rehab since he was sidelined on April 29 with right wrist tendinitis and forearm strain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Houses built on mountainside in Takamatsu, western Japan

Architect Keita Nagata stands on April 21, 2015, in front of multiple-family dwellings built on the mountainside in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. They were designed by the 39-year-old architect to make them look like as if constructed by hollowing out the mountainside horizontally. In reality, these houses were built by shaving off part of the mountainside and covering them with dirt and planting grass and trees on them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coffin-entering experience at "end-of-life planning" cafe in Tokyo

A woman experiences getting inside a colorful coffin made of forest thinning and corrugated paper at newly opened Blue Ocean Cafe offering "end-of-life planning" services in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. End-of-life planning is a household term in today's rapidly graying society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lone maker of boats unique to Kumano River in Japan

Yoshikazu Tanigami, lone builder of boats uniquely designed for smooth sailing on the Kumano River, poses in Kiho Town, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on April 21, 2015. Part of the river basin has been included in the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plate honoring "samurai" diplomat Horiguchi unveiled in Mexico

Japanese Ambassador to Mexico Akira Yamada (L) shakes hands with Miguel Barbosa, president of the Mexican Senate, before a commemorative plate for Kumaichi Horiguchi, charge d'affaires of Japan's legation in 1913 during the Mexican Revolution, at the Senate on April 21, 2015. Horiguchi hid the wife and relatives of then Mexican President Francisco Madero, who was killed in a coup, in Japan's legation in 1913. Senator Patricio Martinez (R) also attended the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo