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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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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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U.S. diplomat Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on April 2, 2010, shows Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.

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Hitachi returns to black

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. Executive Vice President Takashi Miyoshi announces the company's financial results for the April-September period during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. The company swung back into the black with a record-high net profit on a fiscal first-half basis.

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Ichiro rushes home to score

ALBUQUERQUE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki speeds home from second on a single off the bat of Casey Kotchman during the fourth inning of a preseason game against the Colorado Rockies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 2, 2010. The game ended in an 11-11 draw.

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Japan, Jordan to start talks on nuclear pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Jordanian King Abdullah II shake hands before their talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 2, 2010. The two countries agreed to start negotiations to sign a deal on a nuclear power plant project in the Middle Eastern country.

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S. Korean slugger Kim hits 1st homer in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Lotte Marines first baseman Kim Tae Kyun from South Korea holds the ball he sent to the bleachers in his first homer in Japan in the fifth inning of a game against the Orix Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on April 2, 2010. The Marines won 5-3.

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Yomiuri coach Kimura collapses before game

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infield and running coach Takuya Kimura (lying) gets care after collapsing due to a hemorrhage before a game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on April 2, 2010. The 37-year-old was taken to hospital immediately.

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Ramirez blasts 2 homers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants leftfielder Alex Ramirez blasts a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning of a game against the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on April 2, 2010. Ramirez hit two homers leading the club to a 5-4 victory.

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Uniqlo opens 1st store in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Shoppers examine jeans at a Uniqlo casual wear chain store in Moscow on April 2, 2010. Fast Retailing Co. of Japan opened the store the same day as the first Uniqlo outlet in Russia.

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Uniqlo opens 1st store in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - People shop at a Uniqlo casual wear chain store in Moscow on April 2, 2010. Fast Retailing Co. of Japan opened the store the same day as the first Uniqlo outlet in Russia.

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Yomiuri coach Kimura collapses before game

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters carry Yomiuri Giants infield and running coach Takuya Kimura by gurney after the 37-year-old collapsed due to a hemorrhage before a game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on April 2, 2010.

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S. Korean slugger Kim hits 1st homer in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Lotte Marines first baseman Kim Tae Kyun from South Korea hits a two-run homer to center in the fifth inning of a game against the Orix Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on April 2, 2010. Kim blasted his first homer in Japan leading the club to a 5-3 victory.

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - January 2009 file photo shows journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka who went missing in Afghanistan. The Japanese government said April 2, 2010, that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted.

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Nakaima, Kitazawa discuss U.S. base move

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after meeting with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa. Nakaima said he rejected an idea of relocating a U.S. Marine Corps base within the southern prefecture amid growing calls from local residents to relocate the base outside of Okinawa.

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Nakaima, Kitazawa discuss U.S. base move

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after meeting with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa. Nakaima said he rejected an idea of relocating a U.S. Marine Corps base within the southern prefecture amid growing calls from local residents to relocate the base outside of Okinawa.

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Fighters Takahashi makes picture-perfect catch

SAPPORO, Japan - Photographers react as Nippon Ham Fighters first baseman Shinji Takahashi pulls in a pop-up foul just in front of their well during the second inning of a game against the Seibu Lions at Sapporo Dome on April 2, 2010. The Lions won 6-4.

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Japan legislator quits over 'vote manipulation'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2010, shows a voting panel installed on the seat of each member of the House of Councillors in the chamber's plenary room. Veteran upper house member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a lawmaker the same day after confessing he pressed an absent lawmaker's voting button during a parliamentary vote.

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'Gohan-shiki' ceremony at Rinnoji temple in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Participants receive big bowls piled high with about 5 kilograms of rice from priests during a ceremony of ''Gohhan-shiki (compulsory rice eating)'' inside the Sanbutsu-do hall at the Rinnoji temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 2, 2010. It is believed that receiving the rice brings good luck and health.

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Okada mum about Afghan abduction of Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 2, 2010. Okada declined to comment on the reported abduction of a Japanese journalist in Afghanistan.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi leaves a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after speaking about his resignation from the House of Councillors. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after resigning from the House of Councillors to take the blame for manipulating a parliamentary vote. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Upper house veteran Aoki votes by himself

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Aoki, a veteran member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, presses the voting button during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on April 2, 2010. Fellow LDP member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a legislator the same day after it was revealed he had pushed Aoki's voting button during votes on 10 bills when Aoki was absent from the chamber.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after resigning from the House of Councillors to take the blame for manipulating a parliamentary vote. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Strong winds in Tokyo, vicinity disrupt air, railway transport

TOKYO, Japan - Airline company counters at Tokyo's Haneda airport are crowed with passengers on April 2, 2010, as some flights were canceled or delayed due to strong winds in Tokyo and surrounding areas. Bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and other railway services were also suspended or delayed in the metropolitan area.

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Strong winds in Tokyo, vicinity disrupt air, railway transport

TOKYO, Japan - A departure board at Tokyo's Haneda airport shows flight cancellations and delays as strong winds swept through Tokyo and surrounding areas on April 2, 2010. Bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and other railway services were also suspended or delayed in the metropolitan area.