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.

Baseball: Swallows' Barnette

Baseball: Swallows' Barnette

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows pitcher Tony Barnette gives up a walk-off single to pinch-hitter Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants in the ninth inning of a baseball game at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 1, 2013. (Kyodo)

World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies at 117

World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies at 117

TOKYO, April 1 Kyodo - Photo taken in February 2013 shows Misao Okawa, who died on April 1, 2015, in the city of Osaka at the age of 117 as the Guinness World Records-recognized world's oldest person.

Private-sector managed public library in Saga Pref.

Private-sector managed public library in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - Visitors relax at Takeo City Library in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, one year after the public library was reopened under the management of a private-sector entity. The total number of visitors to the library in fiscal 2013 ended March 31 reached 920,000, 3.6 times higher than the last fiscal year the library was open for a full 12 months under city management.

Shiseido names new president

Shiseido names new president

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Uotani, outside chief marketing advisor of Shiseido Co., smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013, after the cosmetics maker announced he will become its new president effective April 1, 2014, replacing Shinzo Maeda.

Shiseido names new president

Shiseido names new president

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Uotani (L), outside chief marketing advisor of Shiseido Co., shakes hands with the cosmetics maker's president, Shinzo Maeda, during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013. Shiseido announced that Uotani will become its new president effective April 1, 2014, replacing Maeda.

Giuliano Gemma

Giuliano Gemma

TOKYO, Japan - An April 1978 file photo shows Italian actor Giuliano Gemma. The Italian media said he was killed in a traffic accident near Rome on Oct. 1, 2013. He was 75.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Japan to raise consumption tax

Japan to raise consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 8 percent from 5 percent in April 2014 during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013.

Abe announces sales tax hike

Abe announces sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of the government and the ruling coalition parties hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) told the meeting that the government will raise Japan's sales tax rate in April 2014 to 8 percent from the current 5 percent as planned, marking the first increase in the politically sensitive tax in 17 years.

Abe announces sales tax hike

Abe announces sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a meeting of representatives of the government and the ruling coalition parties at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013. Abe told the meeting that the government will raise Japan's sales tax rate in April 2014 to 8 percent from the current 5 percent as planned, marking the first increase in the politically sensitive tax in 17 years.

Abe to announce sales tax hike

Abe to announce sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013. Abe is expected to announce later in the day that the government will raise Japan's consumption tax in April 2014 as planned.

Sharp quarterly earnings

Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

Sharp quarterly earnings

Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

Sharp quarterly earnings

Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

Sharp quarterly earnings

Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

Figure skater Ando

Figure skater Ando

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two-time former figure skating world champion Miki Ando performing during an ice show in Tokyo on June 1, 2013. Ando said in an inclusive TV Asahi interview broadcast on July 1, 2013, that she gave birth to a girl in April.

Mizuho Bank to consider merging with trust bank

Mizuho Bank to consider merging with trust bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato tells a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2013, that his bank may consider merging with Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. in April 2016 or later, once their computer systems are integrated.

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30.

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30.

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30.

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30. In the foreground is Aokigahara Jukai forest.

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

PITTSBURGH, United States - Kyuji Fujikawa (L) of the Chicago Cubs celebrates with the team's pitching coach Chris Bosio (R) after getting a save against the Pittsburgh Pirates in their season-opening game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2013. Fujikawa picked up his first major league save with two pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 win.

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

PITTSBURGH, United States - Kyuji Fujikawa of the Chicago Cubs celebrates after getting a save against the Pittsburgh Pirates in their season-opening game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2013. Fujikawa picked up his first major league save with two pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 win.

Season-opening game at Yankee Stadium

Season-opening game at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees players line up in a ceremony before a season-opening baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 1, 2013. The Red Sox won 8-2.

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

PITTSBURGH, United States - Photo shows Kyuji Fujikawa of the Chicago Cubs pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning of their season-opening game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2013. Fujikawa picked up his first major league save with two pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 win.

Aegis warship

Aegis warship

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows the Fitzgerald, a U.S. destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, at Otaru port in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The United States moved the Fitzgerald on April 1, 2013, to waters near the Korean Peninsula in response to the increasingly threatening rhetoric exhibited by North Korea.

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

Fujikawa notches 1st save in majors

PITTSBURGH, United States - Photo shows Kyuji Fujikawa of the Chicago Cubs pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning of their season-opening game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 2013. Fujikawa picked up his first major league save with two pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 win.

Zaccheroni's 60th birthday

Zaccheroni's 60th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Japan national men's soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni smiles as he dons a red necktie in Tokyo on April 1, 2013, his 60th birthday. He received the tie and a birthday cake as presents from reporters.

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 1, 2013, that the Japanese government is considering presenting former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima and ex-New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball.

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

OSAKA, Japan - Women read newspaper extras in front of JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city on April 1, 2013, issued after the government announced it was considering presenting former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima and ex-New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball.

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1970 shows Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Sadaharu Oh, star players of the Yomiuri Giants. The Japanese government is considering presenting former Giants manager Nagashima and ex-New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said April 1, 2013. Oh became the first recipient of the award in 1977.

Pyongyang scene

Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans walk in Kim Il Sung Square, the main plaza in Pyongyang on April 1, 2013.

Pyongyang scene

Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans walk in Kim Il Sung Square, the main plaza in Pyongyang on April 1, 2013.

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2009 shows New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui belting a homer during a World Series game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Japanese government is considering presenting former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima and Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said April 1, 2013.

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2003 shows former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (L) and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui shaking hands at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Japanese government is considering presenting Nagashima and Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said April 1, 2013.

Abe meets youth from ASEAN countries

Abe meets youth from ASEAN countries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) receives a present while meeting a group of university students invited from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 1, 2013.

First post-disaster public housing completed in Miyagi Pref.

First post-disaster public housing completed in Miyagi Pref.

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A man unlocks the door of the new public housing home he will move into in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2013. A ceremony was held the same day in the prefecture following the completion of the first public housing to be built after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda addresses 1,179 new recruits during an initiation ceremony in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 1, 2013. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

Abe meets youth from ASEAN countries

Abe meets youth from ASEAN countries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 1, 2013, before a group of university students invited from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to Japan.

JAL initiation ceremony

JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms fly paper planes during an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) hands a letter of appointment to one of 1,179 new recruits during an initiation ceremony in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 1, 2013. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA initiation ceremony

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for 1,179 new recruits in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 1, 2013. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

JAL initiation ceremony

JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms pose for photos after an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

JAL initiation ceremony

JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms pose for photos after an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.