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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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Ex-Peru President Fujimori dies at 86

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori delivers a speech in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima on April 22, 1997, following the end of a 127-day hostage crisis at the residence. Fujimori died on Sept. 11, 2024, aged 86.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

LIMA, Peru - Photo taken April 3 shows the site of former Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is calling on followers to gather in front of the site on April 22 to remember 14 cadres killed in 1997 following their seizure of the house and numerous hostages during a party to celebrate Japanese Emperor Akihito's birthday.

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Lima Daylight Raid

Japanese hostages are being rescued by Peruvian special force. (Photo taken at 4:50 pm, April 22, 1997)

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Rescued Ambassador Aoki

Japanese Ambassador Morihisa AOKI was rescued after being taken as a hostage for 127 days. (Photo taken at 4:51 pm, April 22, 1997)

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Japanese Hostages Rescued

Japanese hostages are being rescued by Peruvian special force. Peruvian military special forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid. (Picture taken at 4:51pm, April 22, 1997)

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Japanese Hostages Rescued

Japanese hostages are being resqued by Peruvian special force. Peruvian military special forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid. (Picture taken at 3:55pm, April 22 1997)

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Daylight Raid

Peruvian military special forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid Tuesday at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, rescuing 71 of the 72 hostages and killing all of the 14 hostage takers. (Photo taken at 3:45 pm, April 22 1997)

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Injured Special Force

Injured member of the Peruvian special force is carried out during the daylight raid which ended the 127-day-old Lima hostage crisis. (Photo taken at 3:50pm, April 22, 1997)

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Daylight Raid

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro HASHIMOTO at the press conference right after Peruvian military forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid on Tuesday, April 22 1997. (Photo taken at the Prime minister's office)

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

LIMA, Peru - Photo taken April 3 shows the site of former Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is calling on followers to gather in front of the site on April 22 to remember 14 cadres killed in 1997 following their seizure of the house and numerous hostages during a party to celebrate Japanese Emperor Akihito's birthday.