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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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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, after the top Japanese automaker released its earnings results for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi answers a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, on the company's earnings for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, after the top Japanese automaker released its earnings results for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Jetstar holds 1 yen flight campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. President Miyuki Suzuki (front L) and television personality Becky (C) attend a press conference of the budget airline of Japan Airlines Co. in Tokyo on April 17, 2012. Jetstar said it sold one-way tickets for 1 yen for 10,000 seats on six domestic routes in a special two-hour online campaign the same day ahead of the start of services on July 3, 2012.

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London Olympic Stadium

LONDON, Britain - A woman views a signboard showing Olympic venues in London, with Olympic Stadium in the background, the main venue for the 2012 Olympic Games, on April 3, 2012.

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Free Japanese language paper in India

NEW DELHI, India - Harumi Shinsha holds ''Chalo,'' a free monthly paper in Japanese, in New Delhi on April 3, 2012.

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Nissan's N.Y. taxi

NEW YORK, United States - Nissan Motor Co. unveils its prototype NV200, a van selected for its next-generation New York yellow cab taxis in New York on April 3, 2012.

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Fight Shimbun children share experiences with French kids

PARIS, Japan - Children from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, who worked on creating the Fight Shimbun newspaper, participate in an exchange event with children of Institution Jeanne d'Arc, a Catholic private school in the suburbs of Paris, on April 3, 2012. The children from the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami shared their experiences of creating the newspaper to encourage evacuees at a shelter after the disaster.

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Kitajima qualifies for London Olympics in record time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima celebrates after finishing first in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion qualified for his fourth consecutive Olympics by setting a new Japan record of 58.90 seconds.

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Kitajima qualifies for London Olympics in record time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima swims in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion won the race by setting a new Japanese record of 58.90 seconds to qualify for his fourth consecutive Olympics. In the background is Ryo Tateishi, who finished second.

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Kato wins women's 100 butterfly final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yuka Kato swims in the women's 100 butterfly final at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. Kato won the race in a new national record time of 57.77 seconds.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2012. Japan is deploying the PAC-3 interceptors mainly in Okinawa Prefecture and Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying the sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea to act as a missile shield against a rocket North Korea is planning to launch later in April or its debris.

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Kitajima qualifies for London Olympics in record time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima swims in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion won the race by setting a new Japanese record of 58.90 seconds to qualify for his fourth consecutive Olympics.

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Thein Sein after by-elections

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Myanmar President Thein Sein attends an ASEAN summit meeting in Phnom Penh on April 3, 2012, two days after the by-elections in Myanmar.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2012. Japan is deploying the PAC-3 interceptors mainly in Okinawa Prefecture and Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying the sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea to act as a missile shield against a rocket North Korea is planning to launch later in April or its debris.

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Sega Sammy chief Satomi

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Hajime Satomi gives a press conference on April 3, 2012 at the sprawling ''Seagaia'' resort in Miyazaki. Sega Sammy acquired Seagaia operator Phoenix Resort K.K. the previous week.

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Bad weather affects transportation in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers crowd around ticket gates at JR Shin-Osaka Station at 4:47 p.m. on April 3, 2012 as bullet train services were disrupted by bad weather.

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop group AKB48 pose at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day.

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Heavy rain in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Heavy rain and strong winds have pedestrians rushing in front of JR Osaka Station at 3:09 p.m. on April 3, 2012.

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop groups AKB48 (1st to 4th from R) and NMB48 (1st to 3rd from L) pose with drinks at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day.

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ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold hands during the opening ceremony of their summit meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 3, 2012.

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Strong winds in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman walks on a street in Hiroshima, western Japan, amid strong winds on April 3, 2012. Strong winds hit wide areas of western Japan the same day, prompting the weather agency to warn people in other regions, including commuters in Tokyo, to brace themselves for gusts and possible disruptions of public transportation.

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Strong winds in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People walk near the A-Bomb Dome (visible in the background) in Hiroshima, western Japan, amid strong winds on April 3, 2012. Strong winds hit wide areas of western Japan the same day, prompting the weather agency to warn people in other regions, including commuters in Tokyo, to brace themselves for gusts and possible disruptions of public transportation.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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Strong winds in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - People seek refuge behind a car from strong winds in Fukui, on the Sea of Japan coast, on April 3, 2012. Strong winds hit wide areas of western Japan the same day, prompting the weather agency to warn people in other regions, including commuters in Tokyo, to brace themselves for gusts and possible disruptions of public transportation. (license plate not shown)

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Strong winds in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Women struggle against strong winds in Fukui, on the Sea of Japan coast, on April 3, 2012. Strong winds hit wide areas of western Japan the same day, prompting the weather agency to warn people in other regions, including commuters in Tokyo, to brace themselves for gusts and possible disruptions of public transportation.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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Buddhist treasure repaired

NARA, Japan - The crown for a statue of Fuku Kenjaku Kannon, a form of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, is shown to reporters after repairs in Nara, western Japan, on April 2, 2012. The eighth-century crown with a statue of Buddha attached to it will be exhibited from April 3, 2012, at Todai temple museum in Nara.

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 14, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Higashimatsushima soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show members of the Ground Self-Defense Force saluting to victims at a temporary burial site in the city of Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the site was covered by snow.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom). At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.