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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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Nikkei tops 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows that Japan's Nikkei stock index was trading up 133.23 points at 10,056.24 at one point on the morning of Dec. 19, 2012. The key stock barometer rose above the 10,000 mark for the first time since April 4.

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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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Kamei launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2012, to announce the launch of a new political party. Kamei, who left the ruling bloc in April out of opposition to the government's tax hike plan, made the move ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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New TEPCO Chairman Shimokobe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a lawyer and head of a state-backed entity providing financial assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co. The government said on April 19, 2012, that TEPCO's next chairman will be Shimokobe.

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Okinawa aims to draw advanced IT businesses

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Okinawa IT Shinryo Park in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. The Okinawa prefectural government opened the IT complex in 2009 on more than 10 hectares, a major project aimed at creating 8,000 new jobs and building an information technology hub in Asia.

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Businessman Inamori

BOSTON, United States - Influential Japanese businessman Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Japan Airlines Co., speaks during an interview in Boston on April 19, 2012. Inamori, who has supported the Democratic Party of Japan since it was still in opposition, expressed disappointment with the ruling party, saying its immaturity has led to poor governance.

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Upper house OKs censure motions

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Takeshi Maeda (R) waits for the result of a vote on a censure motion against him during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. The upper house approved censure motions against him and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) later in the day. Tanaka was criticized over his handling of a string of security issues, and Maeda for allegedly trying to meddle in a recent local election.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Azumi in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi answers reporters' questions in Washington on April 19, 2012. Azumi was in the U.S. capital for a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies to discuss boosting resources for the International Monetary Fund to prevent the eurozone debt crisis dragging down global growth.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Haiku post placed in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L) puts his haiku, written in English, into a ''haiku post'' during a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, on April 19, 2012. At right is Katsuhito Noshi, mayor of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, known as the hometown of renowned haiku poet Shiki Masaoka. The haiku post will be placed at the office of Japan's mission to the European Union in Brussels. The Matsuyama municipal government has placed such posts in the city for visitors to put haiku in them and selected excellent works from among them.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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MMC opens plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. begins full production of the Mirage compact car at its plant in Laem Chabang, Thailand, on April 19, 2012, with an eye on emerging markets in Southeast Asia.

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Yamanaka wins Finnish technology award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor, who is among two winners of the Millennium Technology Prize awarded by the Technology Academy Finland on April 19, 2012, for his discovery of a new method to produce induced pluripotent stem cells.

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Murakami in short program

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Murakami of Japan performs in the women's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Murakami placed third.

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Murakami in short program

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Murakami of Japan performs in the women's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Murakami placed third.

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Suzuki in short program

TOKYO, Japan - Akiko Suzuki of Japan performs in the women's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Suzuki placed second.

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Suzuki in short program

TOKYO, Japan - Akiko Suzuki of Japan performs in the women's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Suzuki placed second.

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Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 19, 2012, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward being lit up in blue (L) and purple. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The two colors will be used alternately, every other day, to light up the tower.

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Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple.

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Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple.

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Loan for Thai flood

BANGKOK, Thailand - Banthoon Lamsam (L), CEO and president of Kasikornbank, and Kazuo Yuhara, an official of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, pose for photos during a signing ceremony in Bangkok on April 19, 2012, for a 7.5 billion yen loan to assist flood-hit Thai-Japanese ventures.

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe, a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., will be the utility's next chairman, the government said the same day.

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, answers a reporter's question at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012, after accepting Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's request that he become the next chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Shimokobe is currently a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to the utility.

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Takahashi posts world record SP score

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Takahashi finished top with a world record short program score of 94.00 points.

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H.K. group protests over Ishihara's remarks

HONG KONG, China - Members of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands, an advocacy group in Hong Kong, demonstrate outside the Japanese consulate office in Hong Kong on April 19, 2012, calling for Japan to leave the islets in the East China Sea called the Senkakus in Japan. The demonstration was in response to Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's earlier announced plan for the municipality to buy the islets from a Japanese individual who claims ownership.

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Japanese wife of Korean in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mitsuko Minakawa (front), a Japanese woman who moved to North Korea in 1960 with her Korean husband, is pictured at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 19, 2012, shortly before being interviewed there by Kyodo News. Minakawa, 73, expressed hope for early normalization of bilateral relations, saying, ''We'd like to meet our kin in Japan and visit graves of our parents and relatives whenever we like,'' in summing up the view of Japanese wives living in North Korea.

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2 Chinese crewmen nabbed over freighter-boat collision

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows a container ship moored at Sakai port in Tottori Prefecture on April 19, 2012. The Japan Coast Guard arrested two Chinese crew members of the container ship the same day over a fatal collision with a Japanese fishing boat off Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture.

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Takahashi posts world record SP score

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs a successful quadruple jump during his short program in the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Takahashi finished top with a world record short program score of 94.00 points.

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Takahashi posts world record SP score

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the men's short program of the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19, 2012. Takahashi finished top with a world record short program score of 94.00 points.

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Japanese wife of Korean in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mitsuko Minakawa, a Japanese woman who moved to North Korea in 1960 with her Korean husband, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 19, 2012. Minakawa, 73, expressed hope for early normalization of bilateral relations, saying, ''We'd like to meet our kin in Japan and visit graves of our parents and relatives whenever we like,'' in summing up the view of Japanese wives living in North Korea.

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Japanese wife of Korean in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mitsuko Minakawa, a Japanese woman who moved to North Korea in 1960 with her Korean husband, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 19, 2012. Minakawa, 73, expressed hope for early normalization of bilateral relations, saying, ''We'd like to meet our kin in Japan and visit graves of our parents and relatives whenever we like,'' in summing up the view of Japanese wives living in North Korea.

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World's oldest man celebrates 115th birthday

KYOTO, Japan - Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest man and the oldest person in Japan, holds his 11-month-old great-great-grandson Akikazu Oda on his lap at his home in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, his 115th birthday. Kimura lives with his eldest son's 83-year-old wife and the 59-year-old wife of his grandchild. He has 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

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Imperial couple in garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko at a party they hosted in the Akasaka Gyoen park in Tokyo on April 19, 2012.

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Ex-Olympus CEO to vote against new management

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., gives a speech at Tokyo's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on April 19, 2012. Woodford said he will vote against part of the company's newly designated management at an extraordinary shareholders meeting the following day.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers a reporter's question at Narita airport upon arrival from the United States on April 19, 2012. During a speech he gave in Washington on April 16, Ishihara revealed that the Tokyo metropolitan government is negotiating with the owner of three major islands of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea with the aim of buying them by the end of this year.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers a reporter's question at Narita airport upon arrival from the United States on April 19, 2012. During a speech he gave in Washington on April 16, Ishihara revealed that the Tokyo metropolitan government is negotiating with the owner of three major islands of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea with the aim of buying them by the end of this year.

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Imperial couple in garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko at a party they hosted in the Akasaka Gyoen park in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. Crown Prince Naruhito (C bottom) and his brother, Prince Akishino (C top), are also shown.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers a reporter's question at Narita airport upon arrival from the United States on April 19, 2012. During a speech he gave in Washington on April 16, Ishihara revealed that the Tokyo metropolitan government is negotiating with the owner of three major islands of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea with the aim of buying them by the end of this year.

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18-meter-tall Gundam statue

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on April 19, 2012, shows a full-scale 18-meter-tall statue of the Gundam combat robot from the Japanese animation series in front of the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza commercial complex housing the Gundam Front Tokyo entertainment facility, which opened the same day. ((C) SOTSU-SUNRISE)

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Gundam Front Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on April 19, 2012, shows the entrance of the Gundam Front Tokyo entertainment facility, which opened the same day. ((C) SOTSU-SUNRISE)

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MMC opens plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko speaks during a ceremony at the automaker's plant in Laem Chabang, Thailand, on April 19, 2012. MMC began full-fledged production of the Mirage compact car at the plant, with an eye on emerging markets in Southeast Asia.

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Ex-cop shot in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo from a helicopter shows police officers examining a residential area in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, after a former police officer who was in charge of organized crime control was shot and seriously injured. The gunman fled the scene.

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Opposition boycotts Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors committee on economy and industry waits for the opening of a session at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. Photo shows vacant seats as committee members from the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party boycotted Diet deliberations after censure motions against two Cabinet ministers were submitted to the upper house the previous day. At front R is Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano.

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Cherry blossoms in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - Reporters in protective suits stand by cherry blossoms in full bloom at Yonomori park in a no-entry zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on April 19, 2012.

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Cherry blossoms in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - Reporters in protective suits stand by cherry blossoms in full bloom at Yonomori park in a no-entry zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on April 19, 2012.

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Shimokobe comments on TEPCO post

ATAMI, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe said he will consider whether to serve as the next chairman of the struggling utility if and when he is asked by the government.