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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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Institute concludes Obokata failed to replicate "STAP cell" creation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2014 shows Haruko Obokata, a researcher with the Riken institute, during a press conference at an Osaka hotel. On Dec. 19, 2014, Riken concluded that Obokata failed in experiments to produce stem cells that she previously claimed to have created.

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Toyota suppliers to integrate business to boost efficiency

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumio Fujimori (L), president of Aisin Seiki Co., shakes hands with Takuo Matsui, president of Shiroki Corp., at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2014. The two companies, which both supply parts to Toyota Motor Corp., said they will integrate their businesses in April 2016.

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Verification experiment on STAP cells to be terminated

TOKYO, Japan - Embattled scientist Haruko Obokata at Japan's Riken research institute wipes away tears during a press conference in April 2014 at an Osaka hotel, as doubts emerged about so-called STAP cell papers she co-authored. Riken will announce on Dec. 19, 2014, that it has decided to end the verification experiment over her research as the cells cannot be produced.

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PM Abe arrives at office

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014. The previous day, he announced he will dissolve the lower house Friday for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase in April.

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Teen from disaster-hit city joins ranks of Japan's female jockeys

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows Mayu Suzuki, who has become Japan's eighth active female jockey after having overcome a challenging time brought on by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Japanese expert, Filipino farmer check buckwheat flowers

BUMBARAN, Philippines - Japanese agricultural expert Takeyoshi Sumikawa (L) and a Muslim farmer examine buckwheat flowers in Bumbaran on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 19, 2014. The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a final peace pact in March, ending about 45 years of conflict.

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Filipino farmers crop buckwheat in post-conflict Mindanao

BUMBARAN, Philippines - Japanese agricultural expert Takeyoshi Sumikawa (L) and Muslim farmers smile as they hold up newly harvested buckwheat in Bumbaran on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 19, 2014. The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a peace pact in March, ending almost 45 years of conflict in the island's south.

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Telemark skiing gaining popularity in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows participants in a Telemark skiing tour in Otari, Nagano Prefecture.

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Telemark skiing gaining popularity in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows Kayo Sonoda, an instructor of Telemark skiing in Otari, Nagano Prefecture. Sonoda runs a school for Telemark skiing in Hakuba in the prefecture.

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Men in camouflage stand before Kiev city building

KIEV, Ukraine - Men in camouflage clothing stand in front of Kiev's city office building in the Ukrainian capital on April 19, 2014.

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Tents, barricades erected around Kiev's Independence Square

KIEF, Ukraine - Tents and barricades are seen erected around the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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Ukrainian group stays in tent in Kiev

KIEF, Ukraine - Ukrainian group members who are protesting against pro-Russian groups sit in a tent erected at the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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People remove barricades around Kiev's Independence Square

KIEF, Ukraine - People remove barricades around the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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Ishikawa's bunker shot at RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, United States - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa launches a shot from a bunker on the seventh hole during the third round of the RBC Heritage tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links in the U.S. state of South Carolina on April 19, 2014.

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Gov't building occupied by pro-Russian militants in Donetsk

DONETSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian militants continue to occupy the regional government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 19, 2014.

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Hosogai active in Bundesliga match

AUGSBURG, Germany - Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin fights for the ball against FC Augsburg's Alexander Esswein in the first half of a soccer match in the Bundesliga on April 19, 2014, in Augsburg, Germany. The game ended in a scoreless draw.

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Okazaki scores twice but Mainz lose in Bundesliga

DORTMUND, Germany - Shinji Okazaki (L) scores his second goal of the game in the second half against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga only to see his Mainz suffer a 4-2 loss on April 19, 2014, in Dortmund, Germany.

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Inter's Nagatomo contributes to win over Parma

PARMA, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo (L) attempts to get inside against Parma's Marco Marchionni in the first half of an Italian Serie A soccer match against Parma on April 19, 2014, in Parma, Italy. Inter won 2-0.

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Some Yonaguni residents oppose building of GSDF facility

YONAGUNI, Japan - Some residents of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost Japanese island near a group of islands whose ownership is contested by China, voice opposition to the construction of a facility for a coastal surveillance unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force near the groundbreaking ceremony venue on the island on April 19, 2014. The residents are concerned that because of the GSDF presence only about 150 kilometers north of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, the island could become a target in times of contingency involving Japan and China.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - Rescuers continue their work off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014, to search for the missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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Japanese, Chinese culture ministers meet in Vietnam

HUE, Vietnam - Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Cai Wu (L) at a meeting of culture ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as Japan, China and South Korea in the central Vietnamese city of Hue on April 19, 2014.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - Rescuers continue their work off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014, to search for the missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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Experimental FGT train shown to press

KUMAMOTO, Japan - An experimental Free Gauge Train that can automatically adjust for different tracks is shown to the press on April 19, 2014, at Kyushu Railway Co.'s rail yard in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan. FGT trains will be used for the planned Nagasaki route of the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line.

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Photos from ferry sinking accident in S. Korea

JINDO, South Korea - Vessels of the South Korean navy continue searching for missing passengers who were aboard the sunken ferry Sewol off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014. The confirmed death toll from the sinking rose to 32 the same day after search teams located six bodies inside the ferry.

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Onodera inspects planned GSDF unit deployment site

YONAGUNI, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (C) inspects the site where deployment of a Ground Self-Defense Force surveillance unit is planned on April 19, 2014.

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College student at MSDF's curry contest in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Yuka Urabe, one of the visitors to vote in a curry-cooking contest held at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, enjoys curry and rice on April 19, 2014.

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Photos from ferry sinking accident in S. Korea

JINDO, South Korea - Relatives of missing passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol question South Korea Coast Guard officials at a gymnasium on the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014. The confirmed death toll from the sinking rose to 32 the same day after search teams located six bodies inside the ferry.

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A-bomb surviving Dutchman offers flowers for bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Dutchman Willy Buchel, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and his three daughters pay floral tribute to the atomic-bomb victims in World War II at Peace Park in the southwestern Japanese city on April 19, 2014.

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MSDF ships gather in Yokosuka for curry contest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a helicopter on April 19, 2014, shows a gathering of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships from across the nation at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, for a curry contest.

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People view cherry blossoms, carp streamers

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Some 100 colorful carp streamers blow in the wind against the backdrop of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2014.

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A-bomb surviving Dutch ex-POW visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Dutchman Willy Buchel (L), who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, responds to questions from the audience at a movie screening held at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japanese city on April 19, 2014. Buchel, who appears in the movie, was a prisoner of war in the city at the time of the bombing during World War II. The city this year issued to him a health-care certificate for survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.

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Japan, U.S. to meet again on remaining TPP gaps Mon. in Tokyo

NARITA, Japan - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on April 19, 2014, after returning from three days of talks with U.S. Trade Representatives Michael Froman in Washington. They will hold a fresh round of talks on April 21 in Tokyo to try to bridge their differences over the TPP.

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Novelist Enjo given special citation in U.S. sci-fi award

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Japanese novelist To Enjo. Enjo was given a special citation by the administrators of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award for science fiction published in the United States, his publisher Hayakawa Publishing Co. said April 19, 2014, Japan time.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Some 300 local people rally on a beach in Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on April 19, 2014, to protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people on a beach and aboard boats off Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people aboard boats off the Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - Rescuers continue their work off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014, to search for the missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - Rescuers continue their work off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014, to search for the missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - Rescuers continue their work off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014, to search for the missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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Lambs at theme park in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Around 270 lambs are seen in a plastic greenhouse at the Ecorin Village garden theme park in Eniwa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 19, 2014. The lambs will go on public display in late April.

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Sagano 'torokko' train celebrates 1 million passengers

KYOTO, Japan - Sagano Scenic Railway Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, holds a ceremony on March 19, 2014, as the annual number of visitors aboard its popular "torokko" sightseeing train since April 2013 reached one million that day, exceeding the threshold for the first time ever.

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Hasegawa runs before IBF super-bantamweight title match

OSAKA, Japan - Former WBC bantamweight and featherweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (L) runs on the island of Okinoerabu, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2014, before the upcoming IBF world super-bantamweight title match on April 23.

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Kimono fitting session for spring dance performance in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - "Maiko" apprentice geisha pose for photos in Kyoto on Feb. 19, 2014, during a kimono fitting session for the "Kyo Odori" dance performance. The annual event will be held in Kyoto from April 5 to 20.

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Kimono fitting session for spring dance performance in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha pose for photos in Kyoto on Feb. 19, 2014, during a kimono fitting session for the "Kyo Odori" dance performance. The annual event will be held in Kyoto from April 5 to 20.

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Kimono fitting session for spring dance performance in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and "maiko" apprentice geisha attend a kimono fitting session for the "Kyo Odori" dance performance in Kyoto on Feb. 19, 2014. The annual event will be held in Kyoto from April 5 to 20.