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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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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - People raise their fists during a May Day gathering hosted by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the gathering, the first prime from the Liberal Democratic Party to do so since 2001.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Nobuaki Koga, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo, at a May Day gathering at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014, after ending his speech. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by Rengo.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) delivers a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014, with Nobuaki Koga (2nd from L), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo, listening to him. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by Rengo.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo.

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Yoshiro Mori

Born July 14, 1937 in Ishikawa Prefecture. A journalist-turned politician, Mori was Japan's 85th prime minister. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1969 at the age of 32. After 30 years rising through the ranks in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mori became LDP president and prime minister April 5, 2000 following the sudden death of then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Mori was forced to resign as prime minister on April 26, 2001 due to his unpopularity with the public.

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Junichiro Kozumi

Koizumi has been serving as prime minister since April 26, 2001. Coming from a family of politicians in Kanagawa Prefecture, Koizumi was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 at the age of 30. Long dubbed ''unique,'' ''eccentric'' and a ''maverick'' in Japan's political arena, Koizumi took the premiership without the support of the largest faction in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party by advocating drastic political and economic reform.