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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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Tennis: Kei Nishikori

Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2014, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori in action against Marin Cilic of Croatia in their U.S. Open final in New York. On April 30, 2026, the Japanese tennis icon and former world No. 4 said on social media that he will retire at the end of the season.

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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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Architect from China's Taiwan helps revitalize ancient town in Fujian

STORY: Architect from China's Taiwan helps revitalize ancient town in Fujian SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHORTLIST: 1. various of the town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan STORYLINE: Songkou Town in east China's Fujian Province was once a thriving ancient ferry port. In 2014, Deng Hai, an architect from China's Taiwan arrived in this town, starting a revitalization effort that embraces both tradition and modernity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan "Because Songkou Town has such a long history, the first thing we need to think about is how to develop it now and in the future. Then, we've got to figure out how to handle the development and management of modern areas. And, from our professional perspective, there's a lot of potential for cross-Strait cooperation here. We've got experienc

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT-LAND-SEA TRADE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(231012) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 10, 2014 shows a wharf at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. At present, Qinzhou Port has realized the daily operation of container trains and kept its connection with the China-Europe freight trains. It has opened more than 60 domestic and foreign container routes, which cover 61 cities in China and reach 393 ports in 119 countries and regions around the world, for the transportation of over 940 kinds of goods. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade

STORY: Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's real wages in the fiscal year 2022 registered the steepest decline since 2014 as price increases outpaced the growth in nominal wages, official data showed Tuesday. In the fiscal year from April 2022 to March 2023, inflation-adjusted real wages fell by 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This marked the sharpest decline since a 2.9-percent drop in the fiscal year 2014 when an increase in consumption tax led to higher prices. Nominal monthly wages rose by 1.9 percent in the last fiscal year to an average of 326,308 yen, the fastest growth in over 30 years. However, inflation outpaced such gains by experiencing a climb of 3.8 percent due to surging prices in food, electricity, and gas. During the period, regular salary, including base pay, rose 1.1 percent, wh

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Latest census reveals India is home to over 3,000 tigers

STORY: Latest census reveals India is home to over 3,000 tigers DATELINE: April 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of tigers STORYLINE: The latest tiger census data released by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday revealed India is home to 3,167 tigers. The figures were released by Modi in Mysuru of Karnataka on the occasion of 50 years of India's Project Tiger. According to data presented on the occasion, there were 1,411 tigers in 2006. The number grew to 1,706 in 2010. In 2014, the population went to 2,226. "With only 2.4 percent of the world's land area, India contributes to about 8 percent of the known global diversity," Modi said. Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to protect the big cat and ensure its long-term survival. At present, India has 51 tiger reserves spread across 18 states. Xinhua News Agency correspondent reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Tokyo Disneyland eyes expansion

TOKYO, Japan - Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, plans to use the area marked in a blue circle in this aerial photo taken in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east to Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, as part of an expand "Fantasyland" attraction area scheduled to open after April 2017.

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Tokyo Disneyland plans expansion

TOKYO, Japan - Oriental Land Co. unveils the aerial image of an expanded "Fantasyland" popular attraction area of Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The new area is scheduled to open after April 2017.

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Kansai Electric Power head meets press on April-June results

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks about the firm's business results in the April-June first quarter of the current business year at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

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Amari vows to cut Japan's corporate tax rate below 30% within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2014. He pledged to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate to below 30 percent within five years from the next fiscal year starting April 2015.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A keeper feeds a Magellanic penguin chick at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014, the day the baby, born on April 30, was unveiled to the public.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A Magellanic penguin chick is unveiled to the public at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014. The baby was born on April 30.

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Female sushi chef

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken April 30, 2014 shows Chie Inamoto, manager at an outlet of the Isomaru sushi restaurant chain in the Atami hot spring resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where all the three chefs, including herself, are women.

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Brunei sultan on introduction of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces the introduction of the sharia law penal code to the Southeast Asia country in its capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Brunei sultan at introduction ceremony of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) attends a ceremony to mark the introduction of the sharia law penal code in the nation's capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Magellanic penguin chick at an aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 6, 2014. The baby was born on April 30.

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Novelist Junichi Watanabe dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2006 shows novelist Junichi Watanabe during an interview at his office in Tokyo. Watanabe, known for love stories depicting extramarital affairs, died of prostate cancer on April 30, 2014, at his home in Tokyo, his family said May 5. He was 80.

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Novelist Junichi Watanabe dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2003 shows novelist Junichi Watanabe during an interview after being awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon. Watanabe, known for love stories depicting extramarital affairs, died of prostate cancer on April 30, 2014, at his home in Tokyo, his family said May 5. He was 80.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - A man walks past Chinese paramilitary policemen in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Police car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URUMQI, China - A police car patrols in Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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Armored car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URMQI, China - An armored vehicle cruises through Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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Luhansk gov't building seized by Pro-Russia members

DONETSK, Ukraine - The regional government office building in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 30, 2014, is occupied by Pro-Russian group members.

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Nuclear disarmament symposium

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attend a nuclear disarmament symposium sponsored by the prefectural government at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2014.

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Japanese economic experts in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Koichi Hamada (R), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policy adviser, and Heizo Takenaka, professor at Keio University in Japan, attend an event at the Japan Society in New York on April 30, 2014.

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Japan party official in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in Washington on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Britain

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie arrive in London on April 30, 2014. Abe was in Britain as part of his six-nation European tour.

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Abe in Britain

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie arrive in London on April 30, 2014. Abe was in Britain as part of his six-nation European tour.

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Abe presents Nadeshiko Japan jersey to Merkel

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gifts a uniform of the Japanese women's national football team, Nadeshiko Japan, to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on April 30, 2014, during a visit by Abe to Europe.

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WHO's Fukuda

GENEVA, Switzerland - Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, holds a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - Herbie Hancock (5th from L) and other musicians respond to cheers during International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, is held in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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FM Kishida sees Isamu Noguchi's work at Danish museum

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida looks at a piece created by the late Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, is held in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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Sharara to assume ITTF's first chairmanship

TOKYO, Japan - International Table Tennis Federation President Adham Sharara (L) and Deputy President Thomas Weikert hold a press conference at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 30, 2014, announcing Sharara's appointment as the ITTF's first ever chairman and Weikert's succession to the ITTF presidency, effective Sept. 1, 2014.

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Visitors browse books on Japan at Geneva int'l book fair

GENEVA, Switzerland - Visitors pick up books on Japan and things Japanese during the Geneva International Book and Press Fair in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - People offer flowers in front of an altar in Seoul on April 30, 2014, to mourn for the victims of the sinking of the ferry Sewol. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest on April 16. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel head for their meeting in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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Brunei to implement Islamic law

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014. Bolkiah said the tiny oil-rich sultanate on Borneo Island will begin implementing Islamic law the following day.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) holds talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (far L) in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a ceremony welcoming Abe to Germany, in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo after a one-day policy meeting of the central bank on April 30, 2014. The BOJ said the country's consumer prices will likely rise around 2 percent in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo after a one-day policy meeting of the central bank on April 30, 2014. The BOJ said the country's consumer prices will likely rise around 2 percent in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016.

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Kishida in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 30, 2014.

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Photos from ferry disaster in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People wipe away their tears after paying their respects to victims of the April 16 ferry disaster at a memorial altar in front of the Seoul City office building in Seoul on April 30, 2014. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Photos from ferry disaster in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People pay their respects to victims of the April 16 ferry disaster at a memorial altar in front of the Seoul City office building in Seoul on April 30, 2014. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Plane's abnormal descent near Naha airport likely human error

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Endo (back), head of the general planning department of Peach Aviation Ltd., a budget airline, and Yasunobu Funai, chief of the company's operational section, bow in apology at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on April 30, 2014, a day after a company Airbus A320-200 descended dangerously close to the sea near Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture.