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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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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 28, 2013, shows a facility that used to be nightclub "NOON" in Osaka. The nightclub's operator, Masatoshi Kanemitsu, was arrested in April 2012, leading to its closure, but a local court on April 25, 2014, acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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Poet To dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2003 shows Kazuko To, a prize-winning poet and former leprosy sufferer, who died of acute respiratory failure at a sanatorium in Kagawa Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2013, at age 83. To, who developed leprosy in 1942, was isolated at the sanatorium even from family members and friends at the age of 14. She engaged in poetry writing from her late 20s and her poems written amid discrimination against leprosy sufferers were highly acclaimed.

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Sexual-minority parade

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Ishizaka (2nd from R in front row), an openly gay member of the local assembly of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, joins a gay pride parade held in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 28, 2013, as part of events called "Tokyo Rainbow Week" to support the sexual-minority community in Japan.

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Giant panda at Ueno Zoo shows signs of pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Shin Shin is showing signs of being pregnant, a zoo official said on May 28, 2013.

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Japan crown prince, princess in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako walk across the airport tarmac upon arriving in Amsterdam on April 28, 2013, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Netherlands' Prince Willem-Alexander as new king.

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Japan crown prince, princess in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako wave to reporters upon arriving in Amsterdam on April 28, 2013, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Netherlands' Prince Willem-Alexander as new king.

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Japan crown prince, princess in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako wave to reporters upon arriving in Amsterdam on April 28, 2013, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Netherlands' Prince Willem-Alexander as new king.

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Japan crown prince, princess in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive in Amsterdam on April 28, 2013, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Netherlands' Prince Willem-Alexander as new king.

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Japan prime minister in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a welcoming ceremony upon arriving in Moscow on April 28, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan prime minister in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Moscow on a Japanese government airplane on April 28, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan crown prince, princess in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive in Amsterdam on April 28, 2013, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Netherlands' Prince Willem-Alexander as new king.

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Japan prime minister in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a welcoming ceremony upon arriving in Moscow on April 28, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fenomeno wins Tenno-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Fenomeno, jockeyed by Masayoshi Ebina, gallops to victory in the spring Tenno-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on April 28, 2013. The second choice won the race for his first Grade 1 title in 3 minutes, 14.2 seconds on the 3,200-meter turf course.

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Saiki wins Fujisankei Ladies Classic

ITO, Japan - Miki Saiki raises the victory plate after capturing her second JLPGA title in a row at the Fujisankei Ladies Classic at Kawana Hotel Golf Course in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 28, 2013. Saiki finished with a total of 14-under 202.

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Upper house by-election in Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party candidate Kiyoshi Ejima celebrates in the city of Yamaguchi on April 28, 2013, after exit polls show he is set to win a House of Councillors by-election in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Matsuyama wins Tsuruya Open

KAWANISHI, Japan - Hideki Matsuyama holds the victor's trophy after winning the Tsuruya Open in only his second event as a professional on the JGTO Tour at Yamanohara Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 28, 2013. Matsuyama finished with a total of 18-under 266.

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Gov't marks Japan's 1952 recovery of sovereignty

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (center L), Empress Michiko (center R) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) attend a ceremony in Tokyo on April 28, 2013, to commemorate the day Japan recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II.

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Crown prince, princess leave for Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (facing, 2nd from L) and Crown Princess Masako (L) exchange words with the Dutch ambassador to Japan and his wife at Tokyo's Haneda airport before departing for the Netherlands on April 28, 2013, to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king.

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Anai to hang up judo-gi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese judoka Takamasa Anai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. The former world champion said he will draw the curtain on his career after competing in the men's under 100-kilogram category in the following day's All Japan Judo Championship at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.

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Abe leaves for Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie wave at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 28, 2013, as they depart for Russia, the first leg of a weeklong trip that will also take them to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

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Crown prince, princess leave for Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport before departing for the Netherlands on April 28, 2013, to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king.

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Gov't marks Japan's 1952 recovery of sovereignty

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (center L), Empress Michiko (center R) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attend a ceremony in Tokyo on April 28, 2013, to commemorate the day Japan recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II.

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Crown prince, princess leave for Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako board a plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport as they depart for the Netherlands on April 28, 2013, to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king.

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ANA conducts Boeing 787 flight test

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying over Tokyo Bay on April 28, 2013, after taking off from Tokyo's Haneda airport for a flight test to confirm the safety of the plane's modified battery system.

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Gov't marks Japan's 1952 recovery of sovereignty

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 28, 2013, to commemorate the day Japan recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II.

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Gov't marks Japan's 1952 recovery of sovereignty

GINOWAN, Japan - People attend a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 28, 2013, to protest against a ceremony held the same day in Tokyo to commemorate the day Japan recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II. Okinawa opposed holding the ceremony as April 28 is regarded there as a "day of insult," when the prefecture was cut off from the mainland and forced to remain under U.S. control until its reversion to Japan in 1972.

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ANA conducts Boeing 787 flight test

TOKYO, Japan - An All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 28, 2013, for a flight test to confirm the safety of the plane's modified battery system.

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ANA conducts Boeing 787 flight test

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying over Tokyo Bay on April 28, 2013, after taking off from Tokyo's Haneda airport for a flight test to confirm the safety of the plane's modified battery system.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighters join drills in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows one of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 28, 2012. U.S. F-22 stealth jets stationed in Okinawa participated in South Korea-U.S. joint military drills over the weekend, an official at U.S. Forces Korea said April 1, 2013.

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New TEPCO chairman says restarting reactors essential for turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (R) hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012. Shimokobe called for reactivation of the utility's idled nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture from April 2013 as a "building block" in the company's turnaround plan compiled following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.