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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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Sexist heckling at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Uenishi, 31, said July 3, 2014, she was subjected to sexist heckling during a Diet committee meeting in April, in an incident similar to one that rocked the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in June.

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Amari vows to cut Japan's corporate tax rate below 30% within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2014. He pledged to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate to below 30 percent within five years from the next fiscal year starting April 2015.

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Vladivostok, Tottori univs. agree on student exchanges

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Valentin Shumatov (L), president of Pacific State Medical University in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, and Yasuaki Kawai, vice dean of Tottori University's Faculty of Medicine in Tottori Prefecture, pose for photos after signing a memorandum of understanding on June 3, 2014, as they reached a basic accord on the start of student exchanges starting in April 2015.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Exhibition in memory of 'Ramen Demon' begins in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - An exhibition of goods including recipe notes used by "Ramen Demon" Minoru Sano begins in memory of the feared and respected chef at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, a food-themed amusement park, in Yokohama on April 3, 2014, following his recent death.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - A man walks past Chinese paramilitary policemen in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Planned site for casino resort in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Land on the island of Yeongjongdo, South Korea, where the South Korean government plans to build a casino resort is pictured on April 3, 2014. In March, the government decided to allow foreign companies to take part in the project to set up the resort on the island where Incheon airport is also located.

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Women sell vegetables at market in Tawang, India

TAWANG, India - Women sell vegetables at a market in Tawang, a district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India, on April 3, 2014.

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Presidential election in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan presidential election posters are displayed on a main road in Kabul on April 3, 2014, two days before the vote is held.

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U.S.-ASEAN defense ministers' meeting

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel holds a press conference after talks with defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 3, 2014.

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U.S., ASEAN defense meeting

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (C) speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 3, 2014.

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U.S., ASEAN defense meeting

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (C) poses with his ASEAN counterparts as they gather for a meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 3, 2014.

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Glico to renovate famed billboard

OSAKA, Japan - People pose for photos in Osaka's downtown Dotombori area on the night of April 3, 2014, in front of confectionery maker Ezaki Glico Co.'s giant electronic billboard, the fifth generation of a series famed for the image of a runner with his hands in the air. Glico announced the same day that the company will renovate the billboard, saying the current display has worn out. The first generation appeared in 1935, and the current one was completed in 1998.

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Retirement ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skaters Miki Ando (L) and Akiko Suzuki hold bouquets after their retirement ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 3, 2014. The ceremony was held at the end of an ice show.

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Glico to renovate famed billboard

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in Osaka's downtown Dotombori area on the night of April 3, 2014, shows confectionery maker Ezaki Glico Co.'s giant electronic billboard, the fifth generation of a series famed for the image of a runner with his hands in the air. Glico announced the same day that the company will renovate the billboard, saying the current display has worn out. The first generation appeared in 1935, and the current one was completed in 1998.

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McLaren 650S

OSAKA, Japan - McLaren Automotive unveils its new 650 coupe in Osaka, western Japan, on April 3, 2014.

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Iran vice president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar (L) hands a letter from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on April 3, 2014.

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Iran vice president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Tokyo on April 3, 2014.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - David Epstein, president of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of the company, Novartis Pharma K.K., announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors.

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Japan-Vietnam meeting on ODA

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan and Vietnam hold a meeting at the transport ministry in Hanoi on April 3, 2014. They discussed preventive measures after allegations that a Tokyo-based firm paid rebates when winning orders for projects financed by Japanese official development aid in Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - Dirk Kosche, new president of Novartis Pharma K.K., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors.

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Kawamata gets call from Zac

NIIGATA, Japan - Albirex Niigata striker Kengo Kawamata is pictured in the town of Seiro, Niigata Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. He was given his first national team call-up as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni named a J-League-based 23-man squad for a short training camp next week in Chiba Prefecture.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiki Kudo (front), mayor of the city of Hakodate in Hokkaido, heads to the Tokyo District Court on April 3, 2014. The city filed a lawsuit against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture due to safety concerns.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - David Epstein (L), president of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of the company, Novartis Pharma K.K., announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors. At right is new Novartis Pharma K.K. President Dirk Kosche.

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Farmers' body reform plans

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of JA-Zenchu, or the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014, to release a set of reform plans for the governing body of agricultural cooperatives in Japan. Banzai said the body will appoint entrepreneurial farmers as senior officials of local agricultural cooperatives as part of efforts to rejuvenate its organization.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2013 photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Oma nuclear power plant (bottom) under construction in Aomori Prefecture. At top is the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, across the Tsugaru Strait. The city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit on April 3, 2014, against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of the construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma plant due to safety concerns.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows visitors at World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 3, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 3, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows tourists in front of World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Firefly squid fishing in Toyama Bay

TOYAMA, Japan - Tourists watch from aboard a boat fishing for firefly squid, glowing whitish blue, off the coast of Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, in the early hours of April 3, 2014.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

SENDAI, Japan - City officials of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture watch a television broadcast of information about tsunami at an evacuation center past 5:30 a.m. on April 3, 2014. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A police officer keeps watch on the sea at a fishing port in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, at 5:24 a.m. on April 3, 2014, after a tsunami alert was issued. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - Firefighters keep watch on the ocean on a hill in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:36 a.m. on April 3, 2014, around the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A firefighter watches the sea from a hill in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:44 a.m. on April 3, 2014, around the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Tairausuiso area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 14, 2011 (top), about a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show an area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 14, 2011 (top), about a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (bottom).

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Kirin ramps up production ahead of sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co.'s Toride plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, ramps up its production of beer and other beverages, as seen on March 3, 2014, in anticipation of increased demand before the consumption tax rate will be raised to 8 percent from the current 5 percent in April.

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Japan sells new postcards, stamps reflecting sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. starts selling on March 3, 2014, new postcards and stamps that reflect April's sales tax hike from 5% to 8%.

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Japan sells new postcards, stamps reflecting sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. releases 52 yen and 82 yen stamps on March 3, 2014, to incorporate the sales tax hike from 5% to 8% in April.