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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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Turkish security forces capture 23 suspected IS members: minister

STORY: Turkish security forces capture 23 suspected IS members: minister SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operations of Turkish security forces (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish security forces have apprehended 23 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in recent operations, according to a statement by the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Thursday. The police conducted simultaneous raids in several provinces, including Canakkale, Hatay, Konya, Sakarya, Tekirdag, Yalova, and Yozgat, Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X, without revealing the specific timing of these operations. Between June 1, 2023, and April 22, 2024, a total of 1422 operations were carried out against the IS group. As a result, 2,991 suspects were captured, according to the minister. The IS has conducted a series of deadly attacks in Türkiye since 2015, including the rec

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-DIGITAL INNOVATION

(230422) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deogratius Mosha, the co-founder of Mainstream Media Limited, a company founded in 2015 dealing with digital innovations and software development, shows his app in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 18, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian youth breaks education, health digital innovation glass ceiling" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-DIGITAL INNOVATION

(230422) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deogratius Mosha, the co-founder of Mainstream Media Limited, a company founded in 2015 dealing with digital innovations and software development, receives an interview in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 18, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian youth breaks education, health digital innovation glass ceiling" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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New commercial complex to open in Osaka

OSAKA, April 23 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 22, 2015, shows a new commercial complex, Morinomiya Q's Mall Base, which is to open on April 27 in the city of Osaka. The rooftop track will enable people to feel like they are running in the air while viewing Osaka Castle.

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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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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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Hello Kitty events in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Visitors wearing Hello Kitty headbands look at items related to the feline character displayed in the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2014. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America began Oct. 11 and runs until April 26, 2015, to commemorate the internationally celebrated character's 40th anniversary.

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Osprey aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese government plans to choose the maintenance sites for Ospreys which the Self-Defense Forces plan to operate outside of Okinawa during the year starting in April 2015, government sources said on Dec. 31, 2013.

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NPT conference

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty parties begins at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 22, 2013.

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Eduardo scores in Kashiwa's 3-2 win over Jeonbuk in ACL game

Defender Eduardo (far L) of Japan's Kashiwa Reysol scores the opening goal with a header in the first half of an Asian Champions League match against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in Kashiwa outside Tokyo on April 22, 2015. The home side won 3-2 to secure a berth in the final round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Royal wedding of Brunei's Prince Abdul Malik

Brunei's Prince Abdul Malik, the 31-year-old second son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, ties the knot with IT instructor Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, 22, in a ceremony in April 2015. The wedding events lasted more than a week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Impact of Abe's meeting with Xi much bigger than it looks

Combined photo taken in Jakarta on April 22, 2015 shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Their meeting, the second in the last five months, on the sidelines of a regional conference has much broader implications than it might seem at first. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. gov't pushes Beijing-vetted electoral reform plan

Hong Kong government officials on April 22, 2015 unveil a political reform package for the territory's leadership election in 2017 that was approved by Beijing but opposed by pro-democracy camp legislators who vowed to vote down the "undemocratic" proposal. Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam (C) talked to local media about the proposal that is expected to be voted on by the local legislature by July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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50-cm drone with camera found on roof of Japanese prime minister's office

Photo taken April 22, 2015, shows a four-propeller drone about 50 centimeters long on the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo. The drone equipped with a miniature camera and carrying a flare and 10-centimeter plastic bottle, apparently fell onto the roof from the sky. An investigative source said low-level radiation was detected from the drone, which bore a radioactivity symbol. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chelsea target Muto named J-League MVP for March

File photo taken in Melbourne, Australia in January 2015 shows FC Tokyo striker Yoshinori Muto playing for Japan. The 22-year-old, who has received a formal offer from Chelsea of the English Premier League, was named J-League first-division MVP for March on April 10 after scoring three goals in three games in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral for stationmaster cat Bus held in Fukushima Pref.

The male cat Love, who became honorary stationmaster at Aizu Railway's Ashinomaki Onsen Station in December 2015, sits by a photo of his predecessor, the female cat Bus, during her funeral at the station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on May 1, 2016. Around 300 people attended the ceremony for Bus, who died on April 22, at an estimated age of 18, equivalent to 100 in human years. (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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Ospreys to be deployed for relief goods transportation

File photo taken Aug. 23, 2015, at an exercise area in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Four MV-22 Ospreys, deployed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, will be involved on April 18, 2016, in transporting relief materials to the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. (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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Korean pop group "CODE-V" sings at live event outside Tokyo

South Korean pop group "CODE-V" sings at a live event bubed "KCON" in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on April 22, 2015. The Korean pop culture boom has waned since 2012 when then South Korean President Lee Myung Bak landed on the disputed Takeshima island off Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, straining bilateral relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young women clad in traditional costumes at live Korean pop event

Four young Japanese women clad in traditional Korean "chima chogori" costumes pose at a live Korean pop event in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on April 22, 2015. The event, dubbed "KCON," attracted about 15,000 people, of whom 80% were in their teens, 20s and 30s. (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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Chinese president of Japanese retailer Laox speaks in interview

Yiwen Luo, president of Japan's consumer electronics retail chain Laox Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former front gate of beef cattle-raising prison in northern Japan

This is the former front gate of the Abashiri Prison in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, photographed on April 22, 2015. Convicts at the prison are raising black wagyu cattle, whose beef has been given high marks by the Japan Meat Grading Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wine at Japanese farm popular with visitors to Toyama Pref.

Grape cultivator Shun Tamukai shows a bottle of wine at a vineyard of Says Farm Co. in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 22, 2015. Its award-winning white wine is getting popular among visitors as it goes well with cuisine made with fish caught in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nigerian immigrant shows scar caused by employer in Libya

A Nigerian immigrant points to a scar caused by his employer in Libya on April 22, 2015, as he awaits a ferry bound for the Italian mainland on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki Univ. center to cover U.N. NPT review talks via blog

Keiko Nakamura, associate professor at Nagasaki University's Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, says in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on April 1, 2015, that the center will send out information from New York via its blog on the basis of its analysis of the April 27-May 22 U.N. conference for the review of the operation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anchor possibly of Japan's first corvette displayed in Hokkaido town

An anchor thought to have been used by the Kairin Maru, Japan's first sail and crew-driven corvette, is on display at a museum in Kikonai in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on April 22, 2015. The Kanrin Maru became the first ship to cross the Pacific with a Japanese pilot in 1860. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument of Japan's first corvette on display in Hokkaido town

A monument of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first sail and crew-driven corvette, is on display in Kikonai in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on April 22, 2015. The Kanrin Maru became the first ship to cross the Pacific with a Japanese pilot in 1860. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense Minister Nakatani takes demonstration ride on Osprey

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani takes a demonstration ride on the MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft from the Defense Department near Washington to Naval Station Norfolk in the state of Virginia on April 29, 2015. Following a 40-minute flight, he told reporters it was a smooth and stable flight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gov't proposes 20%-22% nuclear share of 2030 electricity output

A panel of energy experts holds a meeting in Tokyo on April 28, 2015. The government proposed that nuclear energy will account for 20 percent to 22 percent of Japan's total electricity supply in 2030, underscoring its policy for continuing to use nuclear power despite the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop diva Hamasaki to support people serving time

Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki (L), dressed in a prison guard uniform, receives a letter of assignment to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories in cooperation with the Justice Ministry at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred fire rite for 1st time in 150 yrs at Wakayama shrine

A sacred fire rite is conducted at Niutsuhime Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Japan, for the first time in about 150 years on April 22, 2015, to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Koya monastery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group member Atsushi to support people serving time

Atsushi Sato (L) of pop group Exile receives a letter of assignment to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories in cooperation with the Justice Ministry at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake damage measuring device developed

A device called "GAINET" used to measure the extent of earthquake-caused damage to a house is shown in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. The device was developed jointly by Misawa Homes Co. and KDDI Corp. to help dwellers decide on whether to remain inside or leave the house. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Justice minister, singers join ceremony to support people serving time

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) joins (from L) actor-cum-singer Ryotaro Sugi, songstress Ayumi Hamasaki and pop group Exile member Atsushi Sato in a ceremony at Tokyo's Justice Ministry on April 22, 2015. The singers are among 14 entertainers assigned to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto University team develops tritium absorbent

A bottle of tritium absorption catalyst developed by a Kyoto University team is shown on April 22, 2015. Using protonic manganese oxide with a spinel crystal structure, it is hoped tritium can be extracted from contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese opposition lawmaker Tamaki meets press in Washington

Denny Tamaki, secretary general of Japan's opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, speaks to the press in Washington on April 22, 2015. Tamaki has handed Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga's letter, opposing the planned relocation of a U.S. airbase within the island prefecture, to staff of the U.S. Senate armed services committee members during his visit to the U.S. capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UCI chief questions Izu race plan for 2020 Tokyo Games

Brian Cookson, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), gives an interview in Sochi, Russia, on April 22, 2015, requesting to reconsider a plan to hold certain cycling events in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. shows the inside of a new outlet in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, to the press on April 20, 2015, ahead of its opening on April 22. The outlet was opened in the former residence of the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army's eighth division, a national tangible cultural property built in 1917, and it is the second Starbucks outlet opened in a cultural property in Japan after a branch in Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally for nuke-free world takes place prior to NPT review conference

Taous Feroukhi, ambassador of Algeria who will chair a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, addresses an antinuclear rally near the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 26, 2015, the day before the start of the conference that will continue through May 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally for nuke-free world takes place prior to NPT review conference

Taous Feroukhi (2nd from R), ambassador of Algeria who will chair a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Angela Kane (2nd from L), top U.N. official of disarmament affairs, receive a petition of more than seven million signatures from Japan and other countries seeking negotiations for the elimination of the world's nuclear arsenals submitted by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far L) in New York on April 26, 2015, the day before the start of the conference that will continue through May 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd.'s new outlet created in the former residence of the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army's eighth division, a national tangible cultural property built in 1917, is seen in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on April 20, 2015, ahead of its opening on April 22. It is the second Starbucks outlet opened in a cultural property in Japan after a branch in Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors, peace group members march for nuke-free world

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (3rd from R in front) marches on a street in New York to push for nuclear weapons abolition with Atomic bomb survivors from Japan and peace campaigners from various countries on April 26, 2015, the day before the start of a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that will continue through May 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors, peace group members march for nuke-free world

Atomic bomb survivors from Japan and peace activists from various countries participate in a rally to push for nuclear weapons abolition in New York on April 26, 2015, the day before the start of a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that will continue through May 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors, peace group members march for nuke-free world

Atomic bomb survivors from Japan and peace activists from various countries march on a street in New York to push for nuclear weapons abolition on April 26, 2015, the day before the start of a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that will continue through May 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo