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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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Tokyo's Senkaku ad in Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK, United States - The Tokyo metropolitan government runs an ad in the July 27, 2012, edition of The Wall Street Journal that asks for American support for the Japanese capital's plan to purchase the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as announced in April that year by Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.

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Japanese crown prince in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito visits a temple with a monument dedicated to Japanese volunteer election observer Atsuhito Nakata, who was killed in April 1993 while participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in Cambodia, in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2012. The crown prince also visited another temple with a monument dedicated to Japanese police officer Haruyuki Takada, who was killed in the country in May 1993.

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Japan crown prince in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito pays respects at a temple in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2012, before a monument dedicated to Japanese volunteer election observer Atsuhito Nakata, who was killed in April 1993 while participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in Cambodia. The crown prince also visited another temple with a monument dedicated to Japanese police officer Haruyuki Takada, who was killed in the country in May 1993.

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Greece election

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos speaks in Tripoli, southern Greece, on April 27, 2012, ahead of a general election.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said April 28, 2012.

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Empire State Building in cherry blossom colors

NEW YORK, United States - New York City's Empire State Building (C) is illuminated in pink and white in honor of the centennial of Japan's gift of cherry blossom trees to the United States on April 27, 2012.

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Okinawa struggling to grow out of dependence on public works

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha on April 27, 2012. Officials are discussing the use of central government subsidies. Since its return to Japan in 1972 from U.S. administration, Okinawa has been reliant on public works expenditure for building infrastructure, financed by the central government, in reinvigorating and developing its economy.

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ADB eyes beefing up fund for low-income nations

MANILA, Philippines - Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the head office of the ADB in Manila on April 27, 2012. Kuroda said the ADB plans to increase its fund for assisting low-income nations in the Asia-Pacific region with low-interest loans by a record $12 billion over four years from 2013

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TEPCO submits restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (C) speaks during a meeting on its restructuring in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The utility and a state-backed bailout fund submitted to the government on the day a restructuring plan to help the company overcome its financial plight following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, such as through the injection of 1 trillion yen in public funds and electricity rate hikes.

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Syria unrest

DAMASCUS, Syria - The front window of a bus is shattered due to an explosion in Damascus, Syria, on April 27, 2012.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Takayuki Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, shakes hands with President Takayuki Sasaki at the headquarters of the company in Osaka on April 27, 2012. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012, for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The governor recently stirred a controversy by saying his metropolitan government will purchase the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012, for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The governor recently stirred a controversy by saying his metropolitan government will purchase the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner.

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day.

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Golden Week holiday exodus begins

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A family is pictured before going abroad at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2012. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside of Japan during the Golden Week holiday period from late April to early May.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Centenarians in Fukushima

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Makoto Yoshida (L) celebrates his 100th birthday in Aizuwakamastu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2012, seated next to his 101-year-old wife Tsuru. They have evacuated to Aizuwakamatsu from a no-entry zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Asahi Group eyes buying soft-drink maker Calpis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters building of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The company is in the final stage of negotiations to buy soft-drink maker Calpis Co. from Ajinomoto Co., sources close to the matter said April 27, 2012.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka meet the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Asahi Group eyes buying soft-drink maker Calpis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters building of Calpis Co. in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is in the final stage of negotiations to buy the soft-drink maker from Ajinomoto Co., sources close to the matter said April 27, 2012.

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BOJ decides on additional credit easing

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the BOJ head office in Tokyo for a Policy Board meeting on April 27, 2012. At the meeting, the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy to fight chronic deflation in the country. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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3D art at Osaka Station

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows a 3D art display at Osaka Station City, a commercial complex composed of the JR Osaka Station and two commercial buildings. The display, in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the complex's opening in May, will be in place until May 13.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2010 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released on April 27, 2012, a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Kumamoto given expanded administrative powers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on March 27, 2012, with a bullet train passing on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line (front). The city was accorded expanded administrative authority as it was given the status of ''government ordinance-designated city'' on April 1, 2012.

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions of nuclear power plants. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012.

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Sharp to form alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai group

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Okuda, executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., who will become the company's president on April 1, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2012. The company said the same day it will form a capital and business alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's biggest contract supplier of electronics products and known for its Foxconn brand, to rebuild its liquid crystal display panel business.

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North Korean stamps

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken March 27, 2012, shows postage stamps to commemorate North Korea's launch of a satellite in April 2009, sold at a stamp sale office in Pyongyang.

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese history textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions related to Okinawa Prefecture. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012.

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SDF told to prepare for N. Korea's rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, concerning his order earlier in the day for the Self-Defense Forces to prepare for the possible fall of a North Korean rocket, suspected to be a long-range ballistic missile, on Japanese territory in mid-April.

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SDF told to prepare for N. Korea's rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R back) convenes a meeting of top ministry officials at the ministry in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, to discuss Japan's response to North Korea's planned launch of a rocket, suspected to be a long-range ballistic missile, in mid-April.