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.

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.

Ex-Japan PM Murayama to attend China's WWII event

Ex-Japan PM Murayama to attend China's WWII event

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, shown in this undated photo, is planning to attend a ceremony that China will hold in September 2015 marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Murayama told Kyodo News on April 3, 2015.

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

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.

Vladivostok, Tottori univs. agree on student exchanges

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.