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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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Pianist Fujiko Hemming dies at 92

File photo shows pianist Ingrid Fujiko Hemming giving an interview in Tokyo in December 2014. She died at age 92 on April 21, 2024, her foundation said on May 2.

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Same-sex marriage revealed in Japan's entertainment world

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Ayaka Ichinose (L) and actress/dancer Akane Sugimori tell a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, they will marry on April 19 next year in the Japanese capital. It is rare in Japan for gay entertainers to publicize their "marriage" as same-sex marriage is illegal.

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Takayama-sha sericulture school in Gunma Pref.

MAEBASHI, Japan - Takayama-sha sericulture school, known for successfully spreading modern sericultural technology throughout Japan and overseas is photographed in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on April 21, 2014. An advisory panel to UNESCO recently recommended adding Takayama-sha to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Vigilantes in Odessa, southern Ukraine

ODESSA, Uklaine - Men claiming to be members of a neighborhood watch group keep a watchful eye on their surroundings in Odessa, southern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.

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Pro-Russian protesters show "evidence" of shooting

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - Photo shows an armband and other items presented by pro-Russian protesters as "evidence" of shooting by Ukrainian nationalists supporting the new government in Ukraine on April 21, 2014, in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine.

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Bloodstains at eastern Ukraine shooting site

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - A pro-Russian group member points to bloodstains in the suburbs of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014, where a fatal shooting incident took place.

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Barricade built by pro-Russian militants in Slovyansk

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - A barricade built by pro-Russian militants in front of the security bureau building in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, is pictured on April 21, 2014.

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Deadly shooting scene in eastern Ukraine

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - The venue of a recent deadly shooting incident in the suburbs of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, where alleged pro-Russian separatists were shot, is photographed on April 21, 2014.

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Tensions in Ukraine

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian activists guard a security service building in Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.

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Squirrel comes in MLB game

CLEVELAND, United States - Photo shows a squirrel at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, April 21, 2014 during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals. At the back is Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.

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Top Chinese foreign office spokesman holds press meet

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, chief spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. He played down the impact of China's seizure of a vessel owned by a major Japanese shipping firm on bilateral relations already strained over territorial and historical issues, saying it is just "a common commercial contract dispute."

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China on ship seizure

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. Qin said the country's recent seizure of a vessel owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has nothing to do with issues related to war reparations between the two countries.

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Italian musician plays before gov't building in Donetsk

DONETSK, Ukraine - Italian musician Davide Martello, known for playing a bicycle-hauled wheeled piano around the world, performs in front of a government building in the strife-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 21, 2014.

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Japan, Myanmar exchange MOU on help for postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (L) exchanges a memorandum of understanding with U Win Than, Myanmar's deputy minister for communications, posts and telegraphs, in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. Japan has agreed to assist Myanmar in introducing a Japanese-style postal service system.

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PM Abe visits exhibition of murals from ancient tomb

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) visits an exhibition of murals from the ancient Kitora Tomb in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, at the Tokyo National Museum on April 21, 2014.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 21, 2014, at a port on Jindo Island shows a relative of a missing person aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa explains his temple paintings

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) explains one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa views his paintings at temple

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) looks at one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 21, 2014, at a port on Jindo Island shows relatives of missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Glasses-type information device

OSAKA, Japan - A model wears the "inforod," a glasses-type information device unveiled by Japanese software maker Westunitis Co. in Osaka on April 21, 2014.

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WWII Japanese soldier's flag brought back to wife

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Rising Sun flag, carried by former Japanese Imperial Army soldier Tokujiro Ogura during World War II, is given back to his wife Fumi (L) by Paul Parrott (C), a former British soldier's grandson, at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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NRA commissioner speaks about Tokai reprocessing plant

TOKYO, Japan - Toyoshi Fuketa, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks to reporters after inspecting a plant for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 21, 2014.

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Roof rethatched at Kyoto world heritage shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Work to periodically rethatch the roof of a main hall of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site in Kyoto, western Japan, is opened to the press on April 21, 2014.

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Carpenters renew thatch of world heritage shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Carpenters replace the thatch of a main hall of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Shizuoka governor gets Mt. Fuji's world heritage certificate

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu (L) receives a replica of UNESCO's certificate to register Mt. Fuji as a World Cultural Heritage site from Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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Panasonic displays computer-controlled plastic greenhouse

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. displays a plastic greenhouse with a computer system that controls the inside temperature, incoming sunlight and other cultivating conditions in Osaka, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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China on ship seizure

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. Qin said the country's recent seizure of a vessel owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has nothing to do with issues related to war reparations between the two countries.

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Suit over Abe's Yasukuni visit

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state and Yasukuni Shrine hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. The 273 plaintiffs including relatives of the war dead, religious people and South Koreans filed the lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court the same day, claiming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in December 2013 to the Shinto shrine was unconstitutional.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - The search continues April 21, 2014, for missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank on April 16, off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea.

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Suit over Abe's Yasukuni visit

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state and Yasukuni Shrine enter the Tokyo District Court on April 21, 2014. The 273 plaintiffs including relatives of the war dead, religious people and South Koreans filed the lawsuit the same day, claiming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in December 2013 to the Shinto shrine was unconstitutional.

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Your Party leader

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichiro Asao, the new leader of the minor opposition Your Party, gives a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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Iwate governor thanks Tokyo for accepting disaster debris

TOKYO, Japan - Iwate Governor Takuya Tasso (L) meets Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on April 21, 2014, to express gratitude for accepting part of the massive debris resulting from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan, including Iwate Prefecture.

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Device unveiled for quickly finding defects in touch panels

OSAKA, Japan - Dai Nippon Printing Co. takes the wraps off its newly developed TM-1C measuring instrument capable of quickly finding defects in touch-sensitive panels in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Returned abductee Soga meets lawmakers

NIIGATA, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of Japanese nationals who were abducted to North Korea but returned home later, attends a meeting in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 21, 2014, with members of a House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue.

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Singer Kitajima to retire from stage play as troupe head

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran "enka" Japanese ballad singer Saburo Kitajima poses at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 21, 2014, making a pitch for what will be his final series of stage performances as the leader of his theatrical company ending next January.

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Crown prince views exhibition on Japanese earthquakes

NARITA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito visits the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 21, 2014, to view an ongoing special exhibition titled "Earthquakes as Seen in Japanese History."

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Kumamon joins kindergartners in crime-prevention blitz

OSAKA, Japan - Popular mascot Kumamon (back R) created by the Kumamoto prefectural government takes part in a quiz show with kindergartners in a crime-prevention campaign held on April 21, 2014, by the Sonezaki Police Station in Osaka, western Japan.

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Japanese foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida gives a speech in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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Kakuryu, Sakana-kun join carp streamer flying ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New yokozuna Kakuryu (2nd from L in the top row) and television personality Sakana-kun (R in the same row), along with nursery school students, pose for photos on April 21, 2014, in a carp streamer flying ceremony held at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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U.S. lawmakers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) meets a group of nine U.S. legislators (R side) at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows relatives of people aboard the sunken ferry Sewol watching workers carry bodies recovered after the ferry sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a gymnasium on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows relatives of people aboard the sunken ferry Sewol who remain missing after the ferry sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows relatives of people aboard the sunken ferry Sewol watching workers carry bodies recovered after the ferry sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a gymnasium on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows relatives of people aboard the sunken ferry Sewol who remain missing after the ferry sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows workers carrying a body recovered after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 21, 2014, shows workers carrying bodies recovered after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.