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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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Hello Kitty events in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Visitors wearing Hello Kitty headbands look at items related to the feline character displayed in the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2014. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America began Oct. 11 and runs until April 26, 2015, to commemorate the internationally celebrated character's 40th anniversary.

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Sculptor looks prototype of yokozuna Taiho's sculpture

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Sculptor Toshio Kamada looks up at the wooden prototype of his sculpture of the legendary yokozuna Taiho in the village of Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on April 22, 2014.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A keeper feeds a Magellanic penguin chick at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014, the day the baby, born on April 30, was unveiled to the public.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A Magellanic penguin chick is unveiled to the public at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014. The baby was born on April 30.

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Priests of different faiths forming groups across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 22, 2014, shows priests of Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity and other religions gathering for a regular meeting of their group at Ikegami Honmonji, a Buddhism temple of the Nichiren sect, in Tokyo's Ota Ward.

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Honda motorcycle at Mumbai shop

MUMBAI, India - The owner of a motorcycle shop (R) in Mumbai, western India, talks to a prospective buyer of a Honda Motor Co.'s product on April 22, 2014. The demand for Honda's motorcycles is high in India.

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Cleaning robots attract consumers

OSAKA, Japan - A sales clerk (L) explains about robot vacuum cleaners to a customer at the Yodobashi Camera multimedia Umeda store in the city of Osaka on April 22, 2014.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 22, 2014, shows the Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China. On April 24, a Shanghai court decided to release the carrier after the Japanese firm paid around 4 billion yen ($39 million) in connection with a wartime compensation dispute that had led to the seizure of the ship.

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Japan's navy chief of staff attends symposium in China

QINGDAO, China - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters after the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in the Chinese port city of Qingdao on April 22, 2014.

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Yankees' Tanaka earns 3rd win in Fenway Park debut

BOSTON, the United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka strikes out Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz in the first inning of their game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits, including a pair of solo homers, and no walks, while striking out seven in a 9-3 win.

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Yankees' Tanaka earns 3rd win in Fenway Park debut

BOSTON, the United States - An electric sign board at Fenway Park in Boston introduces New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in a game against Boston Red Sox on April 22, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits, including a pair of solo homers, and no walks, while striking out seven in a 9-3 win.

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Statue symbolizing "comfort women" in California

LOS ANGELES, United States - U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff lays flowers before a statue symbolizing the issue of Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, in Glendale, California, on April 22, 2014.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (R) is talked to by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Niigata official meets press over iodine tablets scandal

NIIGATA, Japan - Yasumasa Mizusawa, a senior official in charge of pharmaceutical affairs of the Niigata prefectural government, meets reporters about a scandal over stable iodine tablets at the prefectural government office building in Niigata City on April 22, 2014. The prefecture failed to prepare the tablets for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies but received the state subsidy.

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Barcelona Open

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori reacts after winning a point in a second-round match at the Barcelona Open against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in Barcelona, Spain, on April 22, 2014. Nishikori won 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

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Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2014, after meeting with his U.S. counterpart Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - The search continues April 22, 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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Yokohama's Nakamura in action vs Guangzhou in ACL

GUANGZHOU, China - Shunsuke Nakamura of Yokohama F Marinos dribbles in the first half of a Group G match of the Asian Champions League against defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande on April 22, 2014 in Guangzhou, China. Marinos suffered a 2-1 loss.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - The search continues April 22, 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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Yokohama eliminated from Asian Champions League

GUANGZHOU, China - Players of Yokohama F Marinos of Japan - (from L) Seitaro Tomisawa, Tetsuya Enomoto (rear), Yuji Nakazawa and Kosuke Nakamichi (R) - look discouraged after their failure to reach the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League with a 2-1 loss to China's Guangzhou Evergrande in Guangzhou on April 22, 2014.

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Kawasaki beats Ulsan to reach ACL knockout phase

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale defender Jeci leaps above Kim Shin Wook to score the Japanese side's third goal in their 3-1 victory over Ulsan Hyundai in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014, in Kawasaki, helping them to reach the ACL knockout stage.

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Marinos' Ito in action against Guangzhou in ACL

GUANGZHOU, China - Sho Ito of Yokohama F Marinos (R) controls the ball in front of Guangzhou Evergrande's Kim Young Gwon in the first half of a Group G match in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014 in Guangzhou, China. The Chinese club, the ACL defending champion, won 2-1.

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Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2014, after meeting with his U.S. counterpart Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - Photo taken April 22, 2014, shows the Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s. The carrier was still flying the Japanese flag.

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Frontale's Okubo scores in 3-1 win over Ulsan

KAWASAKI, Japan - Yoshito Okubo scores in Kawasaki Frontale's 3-1 victory over South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in a Group H match in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014 in Kawasaki, Japan. The Japanese football club booked its place in the last 16 of the competition.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a gymnasium on Jindo Island on April 22, 2014, shows relatives of missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank April 16 off the southwest coast of South Korea. The relatives are praying for the safety of the missing people.

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Kawasaki's Kobayashi scores against Ulsan

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yu Kobayashi (L) scores the Japanese side's first goal in their 3-1 victory over South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai on April 22, 2014, in Kawasaki, helping them to reach the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a gymnasium on Jindo Island on April 22, 2014, shows relatives of missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank April 16 off the southwest coast of South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a gymnasium on Jindo Island on April 22, 2014, shows relatives of missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank April 16 off the southwest coast of South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 22, 2014, shows workers carrying a body recovered from inside a ferry that sank April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Western Pacific Naval Symposium in China

BEIJING, China - Naval officers from more than 20 countries attend the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on April 22, 2014.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 22, 2014, shows workers carrying bodies recovered from inside a ferry that sank April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken on the island of Jindo on April 22, 2014, shows workers carrying bodies recovered from inside a ferry that sank April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Tight security ahead of Obama visit

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers stand guard near the U.S. Embassy (L back) in Tokyo on April 22, 2014. Tokyo police stepped up security ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit from April 23 to 25.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken at a port on Jindo Island on April 22, 2014, shows messages posted on a tent for workers engaging in the search for missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank April 16 off the southwest coast of South Korea. The messages wish for the safety of the missing people.

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Toyota research center in China

CHANGSHU, China - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s research and development center focusing on hybrids in Changshu, China's Jiangsu Province, shown to the media by the Japanese automaker on April 22, 2014.

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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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JR Tokai briefs on plan for deep tunnel for maglev train

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, holds a briefing session in Nagoya on April 22, 2014, to give an account of a plan to build a deep underground tunnel for its Chuo Shinkansen magnetically levitated train line.

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Test facility simulates how tsunami travels

ABIKO, Japan - An experimental facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, shown to the press by the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, simulates how tsunami surge after flowing over a barrier on April 22, 2014.

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Test facility simulates how tsunami flows over levee

ABIKO, Japan - An experimental facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, shown to the press by the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry on April 22, 2014, simulates how tsunami flow over a coastal levee.

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Ehime gov't opens website for cyclists

TOKYO, Japan - Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (2nd from R) announces the prefectural government's opening of a website for cyclists on April 22, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Symposium to support disabled people in disasters

SENDAI, Japan - A symposium is held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 22, 2014, to study how to support persons with disabilities in times of major disasters.