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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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UK gov't official discusses hosting successful Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Jonathan Sevens, a senior British government official involved in the London Olympic Games in 2012, speaks about his experience in organizing the event successfully at the British Embassy in Tokyo on April 17, 2014.

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Woman makes her dream of becoming pilot come true

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2013 in Tokyo shows Yu Hirata, the first female co-pilot for Miyazaki-based Skynet Asia Airways Co. Hirata passed the pilot test before graduating from university and joined Skynet Asia in April 2012, becoming a co-pilot in February 2013.

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Japanese man becomes world's oldest living person

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, shows Jiroemon Kimura. Kimura, a 115-year-old Japanese man born on April 19, 1897, has become the oldest living person in the world after an American woman, also 115, passed away on Dec. 17, 2012, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

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Deep-sea submersible to observe eels' spawning

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the manned submersible vessel Shinkai 6500 in Suruga Bay in April 2012. A Japanese team of researchers said on May 17, 2012, that they will put the submersible into deep-sea waters in the Pacific near Guam in July 2012 to conduct ecological studies on Japanese eels.

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Darvish, Valentine at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (L) and Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine meet prior to the teams' game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 17, 2012.

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100 days to go until London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - People pose for photos in front of the Olympic countdown clock, showing the exact time left before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in London's Trafalgar Square on the night of April 17, 2012. April 18 marks 100 days to the start of the London Olympics.

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Darvish, Valentine at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (L) and Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine shake hands prior to the teams' game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 17, 2012.

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Space Shuttle Discovery's final flight

WASHINGTON, United States - A modified jumbo jet carrying the retired Space Shuttle Discovery prepares to land at Dulles International Airport in the suburbs of Washington on April 17, 2012. In making its final flight from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle took a scenic route over downtown Washington en route to its final destination, passing near the White House, Washington Monument and Smithsonian Institution, to the delight of thousands of spectators.

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100 days to go until London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows the Olympic Stadium in Olympic Park in London on April 17, 2012. April 18 marks 100 days to the start of the London Olympics.

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100 days to go until London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Construction work is under way at Olympic Park in London, with the Olympic Stadium shown in the background, on April 17, 2012. April 18 marks 100 days to the start of the London Olympics.

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Jetstar holds 1 yen flight campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. President Miyuki Suzuki (front L) and television personality Becky (C) attend a press conference of the budget airline of Japan Airlines Co. in Tokyo on April 17, 2012. Jetstar said it sold one-way tickets for 1 yen for 10,000 seats on six domestic routes in a special two-hour online campaign the same day ahead of the start of services on July 3, 2012.

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100 days to go until London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - People pose for photos in front of the Olympic countdown clock, showing the exact time left before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in London's Trafalgar Square on the night of April 17, 2012. April 18 marks 100 days to the start of the London Olympics.

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Yingluck in China

BEIJING, China - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 17, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers a reporter's question in Washington on April 17, 2012. He said his plan for the city to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owners will benefit Japan through the development of fishery resources, while criticizing China over its territorial claim to the Japanese-controlled uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, saying Beijing's dispatch of fishery patrol boats to the vicinity is ''halfway to a declaration of war'' against Japan.

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Marathoner to protest Cambodia picking Japan-born man

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Cambodian marathon runner Hem Bunting (front R) after winning an international half marathon in Phnom Penh in June 2011, while Japan-born comedian and runner Hiroshi Neko (front L) finished second. Hem Bunting said on April 17, 2012, he will protest to the Cambodian sports authorities the nomination of Neko to represent Cambodia at the Olympic Games in London.

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Yingluck in China

BEIJING, China - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (front L), escorted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front R), attends a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 17, 2012.

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Tokyo eyes buying Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on April 17, 2012. After Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said the Tokyo metropolitan government is in negotiations with the owners of the disputed Senkaku Islands to buy them by the end of 2012, the ministry issued a statement saying, ''Any unilateral step taken by Japan is illegal and invalid.''

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U.S. commander in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on April 17, 2012.

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3-wheeled EVs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a three-wheeled electric vehicle unveiled by ElecTrike Japan Co. in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on April 17, 2012. The company completed a plant in Kawasaki to produce three-wheeled EVs for use as short-range delivery vans.

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Int'l tourism meeting

SENDAI, Japan - A meeting of the World Tourism and Travel Council, an international organization of executives from 100 major international tourism-related businesses, is held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 17, 2012, to discuss reconstruction work and crisis management following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Gold helmet

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows a pure gold ornamental helmet for sale at Tanaka Kikinzoku Group shop in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 17, 2012. The ornament for the May 5 Children's Day has a dragon as this is the Year of the Dragon.

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Gold helmet

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows a pure gold ornamental helmet for sale at Tanaka Kikinzoku Group shop in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 17, 2012. The ornament for the May 5 Children's Day has a dragon as this is the Year of the Dragon.

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Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor launcher is loaded on the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Kunisaki at a port on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 17, 2012. Japan withdrew PAC-3 missiles deployed on the island to intercept a North Korean rocket, after the failure of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

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Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor launcher is loaded on the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Kunisaki at a port on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 17, 2012. Japan withdrew PAC-3 missiles deployed on the island to intercept a North Korean rocket, after the failure of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

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Egypt Air resumes Tokyo-Cairo flights

CAIRO, Egypt - Japanese tourists take photos with dancers wearing ancient Egyptian costumes after arriving at Cairo international airport on April 17, 2012. Egypt Air resumed direct flights connecting Tokyo and Cairo that were suspended since February 2011 due to the Arab Spring political unrest.

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Tokyo Sky Tree observatory

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2012, shows a see-through section of floor at an observatory of the 634-meter Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest self-standing tower, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The observatory, located at a height of around 450 meters, was shown to members of the press the same day ahead of the facility's opening on May 22.

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Tokyo Sky Tree observatory

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2012, shows a restaurant inside an observatory at the 634-meter Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest self-standing tower, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The observatory, located at a height of around 450 meters, was shown to members of the press the same day ahead of the facility's opening on May 22.

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Japan pledges $60 bil. contribution for IMF

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi says at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 17, 2012, that Tokyo has decided to lend $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund as an emergency step to help prevent the sovereign debt crisis in Europe from dragging down the global economy.

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Kyoto, Shiga governors

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (L) and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada hold a press conference in Kyoto on April 17, 2012. They unveiled a proposal to the central government on its nuclear policy, following discussions about the reactivation of two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in neighboring Fukui Prefecture.

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Actor Yamamoto to enter company

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese actor Taro Yamamoto. Yamamoto, who has been campaigning for denuclearization since the eruption of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, will enter a company selling solar power generation equipment, sources close to the 37-year-old actor said April 17, 2012. Yamamoto said in January his income ''has dropped to less than a tenth because I've been getting no job offers'' since becoming actively involved with the cause.

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1.79 mil. students take achievement tests

TOKYO, Japan - Sixth graders of an elementary school in Tokyo take the education ministry's achievement tests on April 17, 2012. According to the ministry, around 1.79 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students nationwide sat the same day for unified achievement tests, after the tests were suspended last year in the wake of the March 2011 disaster.

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New NTT Docomo Pres. Kato

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows NTT Docomo Inc. Vice President Kaoru Kato. Kato will be shortly promoted to president, sources close to the matter said April 17, 2012.

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New NTT Pres. Unoura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Vice President Hiroo Unoura. NTT will promote Unoura to president, replacing Satoshi Miura, as part of its effort to rejuvenate its leadership, sources close to the matter said April 17, 2012.

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Univ. of Tokyo's Tanaka to head JICA

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows University of Tokyo Vice President Akihiko Tanaka. Tanaka, a professor of international politics, will replace Sadako Ogata as president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency effective April 1, 2012, Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Jan. 17, 2012.