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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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Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows players -- (clockwise from front row, L) Shohei Tateyama, Wladimir Balentien, Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, Tony Barnette, Katsuki Akagawa and Ryoji Aikawa -- pose for photos on July 2, 2012, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo after being picked by the Central League's manager for the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star series. (Kyodo)

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JAL posts record-high group profits in 1st half of FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012. The airline said it posted a record-high group net profit of 99.72 billion yen for the April to September period, up 2.4 percent from the previous year, due to increases in the number of customers both on international and domestic flights.

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German women's soccer coach offers training in quake-hit Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Monika Staab, a famous German women's soccer coach, gives a press conference at the German Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 2, 2012. With the support of the German government, Staab began in April a half-year project, touring around the three quake-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi in northeastern Japan to provide coaching sessions.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - People pass the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in a house that used to stand there.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play cricket at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy plays at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Monk reads paper in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - A Buddhist monk reads a newspaper reporting on the opposition National League for Democracy's landslide parliamentary election victory, in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 2, 2012. The NLD, led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, won all but one of the 44 parliamentary seats it contested in by-elections April 1, which were held to fill 45 seats left vacant by lawmakers who took up ministerial jobs.

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People read paper in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - People voraciously read newspapers reporting on the opposition National League for Democracy's landslide parliamentary election victory, in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 2, 2012. The NLD, led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, won all but one of the 44 parliamentary seats it contested in by-elections April 1, which were held to fill 45 seats left vacant by lawmakers who took up ministerial jobs.

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U.S. presidential election

MILWAUKEE, United States - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (C) talks with his supporters while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2012. Romney is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012 election.

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U.S. presidential election

MILWAUKEE, United States - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2012. Romney is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012 election.

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Ex-Olympus CEO eyes 'surprise' action

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Washington on April 2, 2012. He said he is planning to launch a ''surprise'' action at an extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Japanese camera and medical equipment manufacturer slated for April 20, opposing a proposed new management lineup.

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A-bomb survivors visit Chernobyl

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings during World War II return from seeing the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, encased in a so-called sarcophagus, in Ukraine on April 2, 2012. Nine survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, who have been designated by the Japanese government as emissaries against nuclear weapons, visited the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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Fire at Moscow skyscraper under construction

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo taken on the night of April 2, 2012, shows a fire at the top of a skyscraper under construction in Moscow City, a district of high-rise buildings in the Russian capital. The fire was extinguished several hours after it broke out around 8 p.m. No one was injured.

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Japanese diplomat in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, answers reporters' questions after holding talks with senior U.S. officials including Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, in Washington on April 2, 2012. Sugiyama said the two sides agreed to work closely together to stop a rocket launch that North Korea plans in the middle of this month.

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A-bomb survivors visit Chernobyl

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings during World War II return from visiting an abandoned building in Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, on April 2, 2012. Nine survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, who have been designated by the Japanese government as emissaries against nuclear weapons, visited the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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UNESCO honors children's newspaper

PARIS, France - Francesco Bandarin (rear C), assistant director general for culture at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, poses for photos with Japanese children at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris on April 2, 2012, as the U.N. body honors the Fight Shimbun wall newspaper written by children in a northeastern Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the front (from R) are first editor Risa Yoshida, 8, and her sister Mahiro, 4. In the center is second editor Satoko Oyama, 10, with her sister Kanako, 13, (rear L). To the right of Bandarin is coordinator and musician Misa Jonouchi.

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Fire at Moscow skyscraper under construction

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo taken on the night of April 2, 2012, shows a fire at the top of a skyscraper under construction in Moscow City, a district of high-rise buildings in the Russian capital. The fire was extinguished several hours after it broke out around 8 p.m. No one was injured.

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Kitajima cruises into 100 breaststroke final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima powers ahead in the semifinals of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. Kitajima placed first with a new Japan record of 59.31 seconds and reached the final the following day.

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Buddhist treasure repaired

NARA, Japan - The crown for a statue of Fuku Kenjaku Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, is shown to reporters after repairs in Nara, western Japan, on April 2, 2012. The eighth-century crown with a statue of Buddha attached to it will be exhibited from April 3, 2012, at Todai temple museum in Nara.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters in front of the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon on April 2, 2012, after victory in parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in front of the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon on April 2, 2012, after victory in parliamentary by-elections.

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Tibet gov't-in-exile leader

TOKYO, Japan - Tibetan government-in-exile Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2012.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi declares victory in parliamentary by-elections in front of the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon on April 2, 2012.

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Kitajima advances to 100 breaststroke semis at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Kitajima is pictured after swimming in a preliminary heat of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion qualified for the semifinals with the fastest time of 1 minute, .23 second.

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Cherry blossom in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A cherry blossom blooms near Osaka Castle (visible in the background) in Osaka, western Japan, on April 2, 2012.

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Toyota initiation ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees at its head office in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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New JBIC chief Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, the new president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, speaks at his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2012.

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Kitajima advances to 100 breaststroke semis at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Kitajima swims during a preliminary heat of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion qualified for the semifinals with the fastest time of 1 minute, .23 second.

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ASEAN foreign ministers

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold hands for group photos as they gather in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for a meeting on April 2, 2012.

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Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Otsuchi town office in Iwate Prefecture receives a letter of appointment during an initiation ceremony at a temporary town office building in the tsunami-hit town on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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Environment Ministry initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Environment Ministry gives a speech during the ministry's initiation ceremony in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Kunisaki off the coast of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, shortly after leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure for Okinawa's Ishigaki Island on April 2, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Kunisaki off the coast of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, shortly after leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure for Okinawa's Ishigaki Island on April 2, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

ONAGAWA, Japan - Masanori Takahashi (R), president of seafood product maker Takamasa Co. in tsunami-hit Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, welcomes the company's newly hired employees (in the front row) during an initiation ceremony at the company on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. holds an initiation ceremony for its newly hired employees in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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NEC initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2012, shows newly hired employees of NEC Corp. attending the company's initiation ceremony in Tokyo. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year.

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a building in the town of Ogatsu, part of the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom), in which a bus swept by the tsunami still remains on the building.

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JAL logs profit

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The airline, which was undergoing rehabilitation, reported a group operating profit of 161.66 billion yen in the April to December period on cost-cutting efforts and revised upward its operating profit projection for fiscal 2011 by 40 billion yen to 180 billion yen.

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Sony to replace president

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (R) and Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Hirai will replace Stringer in April.