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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 Post to list shares along with banking, insurance arms

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. The company said it will list its shares sometime after the middle of the next fiscal year starting in April, together with those of its banking and insurance arms, in one of the biggest stock listings in the country.

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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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Japanese fingerprint artwork recognized as world's largest

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2014, shows a 30.5-square-meter mosaic art made of fingerprints, recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest such artwork. The previous record was 28.92 square meters set in China in April.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - A dress made up of stuffed Hello Kitty toys that American singer Lady Gaga wore in 2009 is on display at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. The dress is part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Greg Kimura, the president and chief executive officer of the Japanese American National Museum, delivers a speech at the museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014, ahead of the opening the following day of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," an exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the popular feline character. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America will run until April 26, 2015.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Items bearing the Hello Kitty image, such as clocks and stationery, are displayed at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. They are part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

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Launch ceremony for electric boat for tours off Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - A launch ceremony is held for a new electric excursion boat, the Mirai, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2014. The boat will be used to carry tourists around the Kujukushima Islands off the Japanese city, starting on April 1, 2015.

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5 mil. yen grant for Bunraku puppet show in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A Bunraku puppet receives a document on a 5 million yen grant in Osaka on Aug. 26, 2014, as the first recipient of the grant from Arts Support Kansai, a body launched in April to support cultural and artistic activities in the Kansai region. Keihanshin Building Co. President Kenjiro Nakano has decided to donate 5 million yen to the body to support the Bunraku puppet show.

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Japan to open pre-WWII court-martial minutes to public

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the minutes of trials over an attempted coup in Japan on Feb. 26, 1936, are shown in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014. The "2.26 Incident" files will be among court-martial documents during and before World War II to be opened to the public at the National Archives of Japan from next April.

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Okazaki sets Japanese scoring record in top European leagues

MAINZ, Germany - Shinji Okazaki (R) of Mainz plays against Nuremberg in Mainz, Germany, on April 26, 2014. Okazaki became Japan's most prolific scorer in a single season in Europe's top leagues when he bagged his 14th goal of the Bundesliga campaign in a 2-0 win over Nuremberg.

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Mayor introduces Nagasaki at UC Irvine

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue introduces Nagasaski, explaining about its history, traditional events and food culture, in addition to the U.S. atomic bombing of the city during World War II, at University of California, Irvine in southern California on April 26, 2014. The lecture was part of an exhibition entitled "Welcome to Nagasaki: Prefecture of International Exchange, World Class Heritage, and a Prayer for Peace," held by Southern California Nagasaki Prefectural Association, in partnership with the City of Nagasaki and Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Japan's Ai Miyazato in Swinging Skirts golf

DALY CITY, United States - Japan's Ai Miyazato hits a bunker shot on the No.1 hole at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, California, during the third round of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on April 26, 2014.

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Inter's Nagatomo plays against Napoli in Serie A match

MILAN, Italy - Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan plays against Napoli in an Italian Serie A match at the San Siro in Milan on April 26, 2014. The game ended in a scoreless draw. Nagatomo played for the full 90 minutes.

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Yankee Tanaka receives 2013 Japan Series ring

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka meets the press after receiving his Japan Series championship ring on April 26, 2014, from Rakuten Eagles owner Hiroshi Mikitani at Yankee Stadium in New York.

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Okazaki scores for Mainz

MAINZ, Germany - Mainz striker Shinji Okazaki (C) celebrates after scoring the opener during a German Bundesliga soccer match against Nuremberg in Mainz on April 26, 2014. Mainz won 2-0.

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Man Utd vs Norwich City

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom - Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa (R) is replaced by Ashley Young (18) during the second half of an English Premier League soccer match against Norwich City in Manchester on April 26, 2014. Standing behind the players is Manchester United's interim manager Ryan Giggs. Manchester United won 4-0.

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Barcelona Open tennis

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori is pictured during a Barcelona Open tennis semifinal against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2014. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-4.

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Mourning in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A lantern parade is held in Seoul on April 26, 2014. Many participants marched in mourning for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking off southwestern South Korea.

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Barcelona Open tennis

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori is pictured during a Barcelona Open tennis semifinal against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2014. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-4.

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Tiananmen museum in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - Pro-Beijing protesters rally outside the June 4 Museum as the facility documenting the 1989 crackdown at Beijing's Tiananmen Square opens on April 26, 2014, in Hong Kong.

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Barcelona Open tennis

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori is pictured during a Barcelona Open tennis semifinal against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2014. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-4.

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Minke whale caught off northeastern Japan coast

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A "scientific whaling" team transports a newly caught minke whale in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2014. It was the first catch in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the prefecture since the International Court of Justice ruled Japan's Antarctic whaling program illegal in March.

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Mourning in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A lantern parade is held in Seoul on April 26, 2014. Many participants marched in mourning for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking off southwestern South Korea.

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28th anniv. of Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked in Kiev

KIEV, Ukraine - Flowers are seen at a memorial to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in front of a church in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 26, 2014, the 28th anniversary of the disaster. The disaster took place in the then-Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1986.

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Mourning in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A lantern parade is held in Seoul on April 26, 2014. Many participants marched in mourning for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking off southwestern South Korea.

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Mourning in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A lantern parade is held in Seoul on April 26, 2014. Many participants marched in mourning for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking off southwestern South Korea.

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Fukushima villager sees cherry blossoms in own garden

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano looks at cherry blossoms in his garden on April 26, 2014, in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to return and stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Mourning in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A lantern parade is held in Seoul on April 26, 2014. Many participants marched in mourning for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking off southwestern South Korea.

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Tiananmen museum in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - Visitors read newspapers reporting on the 1989 crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at the June 4 Museum, which opened on April 26, 2014, in Hong Kong.

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Univ. of Tokyo professor gets prestigious Indian award

NEW DELHI, India - Indian President Pranab Mukherjee gives the prestigious Padma Shri award to University of Tokyo professor emeritus Sengaku Mayeda for his academic contribution to Indian philosophy at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi on April 26, 2014.

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'Scientific whaling' team examines minke whale

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A "scientific whaling" team examines a newly caught minke whale in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2014. It was the first catch in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the prefecture since the International Court of Justice ruled Japan's Antarctic whaling program illegal in March.

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Japan starts coastal research whaling in Pacific

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Researchers examine a minke whale at Ayukawa port in the northeastern Japanese city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014, after four Japanese research whaling ships returned from a day hunt for minke whales off the prefecture. The ships will operate until June 11 to take up to 51 minke whales from coastal waters.

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Yokozuna Kakuryu performs "dohyoiri" at Makuhari Messe

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Kakuryu performs a "dohyoiri" ring entrance ceremony during a sumo and information technology event at the Makuhari Messe international convention complex in the city of Chiba on April 26, 2014.

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Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa gets facelift

YAMAGATA, Japan - People take pictures of a Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa bullet train with a new exterior design before its departure at JR Yamagata Station in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2014.

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Fukushima evacuee sees 'bonsai' trees at home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano holds a "bonsai" plant, which he raised at an evacuation center, on April 26, 2014, as he returns home to Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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N. Korean table tennis team arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A table tennis team from North Korea arrives at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on April 26, 2014, to take part in the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo. A total of 13 North Korean players and officials will take part in the April 28-May 5 championships.

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Japanese confectioner's gold-winning candy making on display

NIIGATA, Japan - The candy making display by Japanese confectioner Midori Matsuda for which she won the gold medal in the 2014 Union of International Bakers and Confectioners Junior World Pastry Championship is exhibited at her school in Niigata on April 26, 2014. The competition was held in Taipei in March 2014.

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Kids release balloons before "Mural of Hope"

MORIOKA, Japan - Children release balloons during a ceremony on April 26, 2014, to commemorate the completion of "Kibo no Hekiga" (Mural of Hope) in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hanyu receives honorary award from Miyagi gov't

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (R) poses for a photo with Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai after receiving an honorary award from the prefectural government in Sendai on April 26, 2014.

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Young patissiers show skills after winning int'l contests

NIIGATA, Japan - Mirina Ueno (L), an instructor at a culinary and confectionery school in the city of Niigata, and student Midori Matsuda demonstrate their skills at the school on April 26, 2014, after winning separate international confectionery contests.

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Shogi game played with 'human pieces' in Tendo

YAMAGATA, Japan - A shogi, or Japanese chess, game with "human pieces" is played on April 26, 2014, in the Japanese northeastern city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, known for Japan's largest production of Shogi pieces. People in armor or kimono moved on a 15-meter square shogi board under instructions from two professional shogi players. Some 90,000 people are expected to see the two-day event.

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Shogi game played with 'human pieces' in Tendo

YAMAGATA, Japan - A shogi, or Japanese chess, game with "human pieces" is played on April 26, 2014, in the Japanese northeastern city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, known for Japan's largest production of Shogi pieces. People in armor or kimono moved on a 15-meter square shogi board under instructions from two professional shogi players. Some 90,000 people are expected to see the two-day event.

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Tourists flock to Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIKOKA, Japan - Tourists flock to the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on April, 26, 2014, the day after the facility was endorsed to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and the first day of the year's Golden Week holiday season.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu holds up his gold medal during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves to fans from a car during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves to fans from a car during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - People gather to see Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sochi gold medalist Hanyu honored in parade in disaster-hit hometown

SENDAI, Japan - People gather to see Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu during a parade in his hometown Sendai, Miyagai Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. Hanyu, the first Japanese male figure skater to win the gold medal in the Olympic men's singles competition, is from the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.