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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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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend class at a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend class at a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend class at a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Compulsory education extended in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New first-year pupils attend class at a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014. The duration of primary school education was extended to five years from four years in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. As a result of the change made in line with a decision at the Supreme People's Assembly, or parliament, in September 2012, the duration of compulsory education was extended to 12 years from 11 years.

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Osaka's Obachaaan goes major

OSAKA, Japan - The Obachaaan, an entertainment group of 12 women, pose for photos in Osaka on April 1, 2014, during an event to celebrate the release the same day of their 2012 debut single "The Theme of Obachaaan" as a ringtone by major record label Toy's Factory. If the ringtone sells well, the song by the women, whose average age is the mid-60s, could go on sale at music stores nationwide.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighters join drills in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows one of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 28, 2012. U.S. F-22 stealth jets stationed in Okinawa participated in South Korea-U.S. joint military drills over the weekend, an official at U.S. Forces Korea said April 1, 2013.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea said Dec. 1, 2012, that it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite sometime between Dec. 10 and 22. But Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of the rocket due to "some reasons," according to a report early on Dec. 9 of the official Korean Central News Agency.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea announced on Dec. 1, 2012, that it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea announced on Dec. 1, 2012, that it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Sony incurs loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sony remained in the red in the April to September period of 2012 with a group net loss of 40.11 billion yen.

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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (C) bows with others at the company's head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, after announcing the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter at its head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a consolidated net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Major contractors Hazama, Ando to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Toshio Ono (L) and Ando Corp. President Toshiaki Nomura hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The contractors, both listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced they will merge April 1, 2013, to streamline operations amid a downturn in construction spending since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

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Painting under cherry blossoms

FUKUOKA, Japan - Indian ink artist Yuki Nishimoto makes ''suibokuga'' (ink paintings) as he works under floodlit cherry blossoms during a performance at Ohori Park in the city of Fukuoka on April 1, 2012.

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Painting under cherry blossoms

FUKUOKA, Japan - Indian ink artist Yuki Nishimoto makes ''suibokuga'' (ink paintings) as he works under floodlit cherry blossoms during a performance at Ohori Park in the city of Fukuoka on April 1, 2012.

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Yoo wins Kraft Nabisco Championship

RANCHO MIRAGE, United States - South Korea's Yoo Sun Young holds the trophy after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 1, 2012.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Supporters for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrate in front of the headquarters of her National League for Democracy in Yangon on April 1, 2012, as vote counting begins in by-elections the same day to fill 45 seats in parliament.

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Syrian opposition leader Ghalioun

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Burhan Ghalioun, chairman of the opposition Syrian National Council, holds a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey on April 1, 2012, after the council was recognized as a legitimate representative of all Syrians at a ''Friends of the Syrian People'' conference there, attended by representatives from some 80 countries, earlier in the day.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Supporters for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrate in front of the headquarters of her National League for Democracy in Yangon on April 1, 2012 as vote counting begins in by-elections the same day to fill 45 seats in parliament. The party said Suu Kyi has won a lower house seat.

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North Korea official in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Ri Gun (front R), director of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, leaves after attending a seminar in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany, on April 1, 2012.

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China, Taiwan officials meet

BOAO, China - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets incoming Taiwan Vice President Wu Den-yih in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on April 1, 2012, on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia meeting.

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Japan, U.S. draw in women's soccer

SENDAI, Japan - Defender Yukari Kinga (2) scores to prod Japan into a first-half lead against the United States during the opening game of the three-nation Kirin Challenge Cup exhibition tournament in Sendai on April 1, 2012. Japan and the United States drew 1-1.

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Medical ass'n chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitake Yokokura speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2012, after winning election as president of the Japan Medical Association, an outcome expected to alter the politics of the politically influential organization.

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Kumamoto given expanded administrative powers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on March 27, 2012, with a bullet train passing on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line (front). The city was accorded expanded administrative authority as it was given the status of ''government ordinance-designated city'' on April 1, 2012.

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Myanmar election

KAWHMU, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L) talks to a supporter on April 1, 2012, at a polling station in the Kawhmu Township constituency which she is bidding to represent in parliamentary by-elections held the same day.

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Myanmar election

KAWHMU, Myanmar - Voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station in the Kawhmu Township in Myanmar parliamentary by-elections on April 1, 2012.

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Myanmar election

KAWHMU, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters on April 1, 2012, as she arrived at a polling station in the Kawhmu Township constituency which she is bidding to represent in parliamentary by-elections held the same day.

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Retro look at Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 1, 2012, shows JR Tokyo Station, where work has almost finished to restore its look when the facility opened in 1914.

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Retro look at Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken on April 1, 2012, shows part of JR Tokyo Station, where work has almost finished to restore its look when the facility opened in 1914.

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Smartphone-only TV channels

TOKYO, Japan - Harunari Futatsugi (C), president of mmbi inc., a subsidiary of Japan's top cellphone service provider NTT Docomo Inc., smiles during a ceremony in Tokyo's Roppongi district on April 1, 2012, to mark the launch of its Nottv service, Japan's first TV channels aimed exclusively at smartphone and tablet computer users.

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Japan supports U.S. candidate for World Bank head

TOKYO, Japan - Jim Yong Kim (L), U.S. candidate for next World Bank president, and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 1, 2012. After the meeting, Azumi said Japan will support Kim to become the next World Bank head despite growing calls for the multilateral development aid agency to be led by someone from the developing world.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket launch

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Osumi, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, leaving a Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 1, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed on Okinawa's Miyako Island ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket launch

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Osumi, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, leaving a Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 1, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed on Okinawa's Miyako Island ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Hearn exhibition in Matsue

MATSUE, Japan - The inside of the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, is pictured on March 30, 2012, ahead of a year-long exhibition from April 1, 2012. It follows through photographs the footsteps of writer Lafcadio Hearn, who became a naturalized Japanese known as Yakumo Koizumi.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 28, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which restoration work is under way after fishing boats brought ashore by the tsunami were removed.

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a building in the town of Ogatsu, part of the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom), in which a bus swept by the tsunami still remains on the building.

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Suu Kyi supports NLD candidate

HLEGU, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, in Hlegu, Myanmar, on Feb. 15, 2012, delivers an endorsement speech for her party's candidate for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (L), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L on podium), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Actor Watanabe encourages students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe answers questions by university students who will begin working in April, at a movie theater in the city of Fukuoka on Feb. 1, 2012. Watanabe gave them a cheering message in the event held before the release of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan'' (Hayabusa - Returning home from far away) about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth, in which he played the leading part.

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Sony deputy president Hirai to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai. Sony announced Feb. 1, 2012, that Hirai will replace Howard Stringer as president and chief executive officer as of April 1, 2012.

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New rails for disaster-hit railway company

NODA, Japan - Workers on Feb. 1, 2012, lay new railroad rails in the village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, an area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as the work began the same day in the village. Sanriku Railway Co. aims at fully resuming its services in April 2014.