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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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Test facility to simulate big tsunami completed in Chiba

ABIKO, Japan - The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry's experimental facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, capable of creating waves up to one-third the size of the tsunami that hit land following the earthquake of March 11, 2011, is opened to the press on April 22, 2014.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. 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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American to ship back items lost in tsunami to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi holds a volleyball found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska, after the balls floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. The couple initially expressed their intention to deliver the items back to their original owners in person during their upcoming trip to Japan, but have now opted to ship them instead in consideration of the owners' privacy, David Baxter told Kyodo News on May 23, 2012.

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Owner of tsunami-swept volleyball found

KASILOF, United States - Photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi a volleyball, both found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska. The balls apparently floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. Their owners have been located in Japan.

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Soccer ball lost in Japan's tsunami found off Alaska

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows 16-year-old Misaki Murakami, a second-year high school student in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2012. A soccer ball, believed to belong to him, was found on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska after apparently floating across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from the northeastern Japanese city in the March 2011 tsunami. Murakami received the ball from classmates in March 2005, when he was in third grade, as a farewell gift before he transferred to another school in the city.

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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Transport ministry mulling random body search of airport passengers

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a security check area in the international departure lobby at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. The transport ministry is considering strengthening antiterrorism measures at international airports in Japan from as early as April by conducting body searches on randomly selected passengers, according to airport sources.

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TEPCO to raise electricity bills

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Nishizawa said the company has decided to raise electricity charges for corporate users from next April and will also seek household electricity bill hikes at an early date in the face of its increasingly tough business environment.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A worker poses in front of a motorbike called Cyclone which was used in the TV hero series of Kamen Rider at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Nov. 22, 2011. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 commemorating the series' 40th anniversary.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2011, shows a life-size replica of Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) No. 1 at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV hero series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 to commemorate the series' 40th anniversary.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2011, shows an armchair like the one used in the TV hero series of Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 commemorating the series' 40th anniversary.

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Saudi crown prince dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2006 shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, who on Oct. 22, 2011, was reported to have died due to illness.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 in Beijing shows prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. China's state media said June 22, 2011, that Ai has been released on bail after being detained in Beijing since April over tax evasion allegations.

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Japanese official visits near Chernobyl nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows Takashi Shinohara (R), Japanese senior vice minister of agriculture, visiting a site near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 22, 2011, to learn about a soil decontamination method through growth of rapeseed crops. The ministry plans to launch an experiment of absorbing radioactive substances through growth of sunflower and rapeseed crops around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

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Ofunato city hires temp staff to clear rubble

SENDAI, Japan - People affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami work to clear debris in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The city government has temporarily hired around 110 people for cleanup work in the disaster-stricken city to provide jobs and incomes.

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - A panel in the lobby of the BAMcinematek theater in Brooklyn, New York, informs visitors of a retrospective titled, ''The Urge for Survival: Kaneto Shindo,'' on April 22, 2011. The retrospective, which began the same day, will run through May 5, featuring 11 of the Japanese film director's works, including a 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima.'' Shindo, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day.

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (2nd from R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Floral encouragement messages

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken April 22, 2011, shows a message saying ''Hold on, Japan'' made of moss phlox in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken April 22, 2011, shows a building in Brooklyn, New York, where BAMcinematek is located. Japanese director Kaneto Shindo's 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima,'' made its U.S. premiere the same day at the theater, as the director, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day.

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., apologizes on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., apologizes on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Tsunami aftermath in Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - A fishing net remains tangled on a cherry tree in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 22, 2011.

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) bow near the residence of victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C front) and Empress Michiko (R front) bow in quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, during their trip to the disaster-stricken city on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

KITAIBARAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit quake- and tsunami-hit Otsu fishing port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (L front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (2nd from front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.(Pool photo)

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Radiation screening of cars leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of Nissan Motor Co. measures radiation levels in a vehicle for export in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. Radiation fears about Japanese products amid the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are apparently taking a toll on exports.

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Disaster reconstruction resolution

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives unanimously adopts a resolution vowing to rebuild areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami as well as one expressing gratitude for foreign assistance to disaster-hit areas during a plenary session at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 22, 2011.

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Australian PM in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 22, 2011. She said nuclear energy is not among options for her country.

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OECD head in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretary General Angel Gurria (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 22, 2011.

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Japan sets no-entry zone around Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A police officer (R) explains to a driver about a no-entry zone set around the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Station on Route 6 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the plant on April 22, 2011. The Japanese government imposed a no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant at midnight April 21 amid continued fears of radiation leaks.

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Iitate added to evacuation zones

IITATE, Japan - The village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, is added on April 22, 2011, along with some other municipalities outside a 20-kilometer radius of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the list of areas covered by the Japanese government's evacuation directive, due to concerns over high cumulative levels of radiation.

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TEPCO head apologizes to Fukushima governor

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., apologizes to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) at the Fukushima prefectural hall in Fukushima City on April 22, 2011, for the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The governor had previously refused to meet the TEPCO head.

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Dozens of lawmakers including those from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party visit Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Japan's war dead, in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, as the shrine celebrated an annual spring festival.

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Japan sets no-entry zone around Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An ''off-limits'' warning shows on an electric signboard in photo taken at 12:03 a.m. on April 22, 2011, at a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The Japanese government imposed a no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant at midnight April 21 amid continued fears of radiation leaks.