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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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Tennis: Kei Nishikori

Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2014, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori in action against Marin Cilic of Croatia in their U.S. Open final in New York. On April 30, 2026, the Japanese tennis icon and former world No. 4 said on social media that he will retire at the end of the season.

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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 Disneyland eyes expansion

TOKYO, Japan - Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, plans to use the area marked in a blue circle in this aerial photo taken in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east to Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, as part of an expand "Fantasyland" attraction area scheduled to open after April 2017.

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Tokyo Disneyland plans expansion

TOKYO, Japan - Oriental Land Co. unveils the aerial image of an expanded "Fantasyland" popular attraction area of Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The new area is scheduled to open after April 2017.

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Kansai Electric Power head meets press on April-June results

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks about the firm's business results in the April-June first quarter of the current business year at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

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Female sushi chef

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken April 30, 2014 shows Chie Inamoto, manager at an outlet of the Isomaru sushi restaurant chain in the Atami hot spring resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where all the three chefs, including herself, are women.

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Brunei sultan on introduction of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces the introduction of the sharia law penal code to the Southeast Asia country in its capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Brunei sultan at introduction ceremony of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) attends a ceremony to mark the introduction of the sharia law penal code in the nation's capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Novelist Junichi Watanabe dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2006 shows novelist Junichi Watanabe during an interview at his office in Tokyo. Watanabe, known for love stories depicting extramarital affairs, died of prostate cancer on April 30, 2014, at his home in Tokyo, his family said May 5. He was 80.

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Novelist Junichi Watanabe dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2003 shows novelist Junichi Watanabe during an interview after being awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon. Watanabe, known for love stories depicting extramarital affairs, died of prostate cancer on April 30, 2014, at his home in Tokyo, his family said May 5. He was 80.

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Luhansk gov't building seized by Pro-Russia members

DONETSK, Ukraine - The regional government office building in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 30, 2014, is occupied by Pro-Russian group members.

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Nuclear disarmament symposium

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attend a nuclear disarmament symposium sponsored by the prefectural government at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2014.

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Japanese economic experts in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Koichi Hamada (R), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policy adviser, and Heizo Takenaka, professor at Keio University in Japan, attend an event at the Japan Society in New York on April 30, 2014.

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Japan party official in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in Washington on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Britain

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie arrive in London on April 30, 2014. Abe was in Britain as part of his six-nation European tour.

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Abe in Britain

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie arrive in London on April 30, 2014. Abe was in Britain as part of his six-nation European tour.

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Abe presents Nadeshiko Japan jersey to Merkel

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gifts a uniform of the Japanese women's national football team, Nadeshiko Japan, to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on April 30, 2014, during a visit by Abe to Europe.

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WHO's Fukuda

GENEVA, Switzerland - Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, holds a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - Herbie Hancock (5th from L) and other musicians respond to cheers during International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, is held in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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FM Kishida sees Isamu Noguchi's work at Danish museum

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida looks at a piece created by the late Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 30, 2014.

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International Jazz Day

OSAKA, Japan - International Jazz Day, an annual concert organized by UNESCO, is held in the Nishi-no-Maru Garden of Osaka Castle Park in Osaka on April 30, 2014.

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Sharara to assume ITTF's first chairmanship

TOKYO, Japan - International Table Tennis Federation President Adham Sharara (L) and Deputy President Thomas Weikert hold a press conference at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 30, 2014, announcing Sharara's appointment as the ITTF's first ever chairman and Weikert's succession to the ITTF presidency, effective Sept. 1, 2014.

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Visitors browse books on Japan at Geneva int'l book fair

GENEVA, Switzerland - Visitors pick up books on Japan and things Japanese during the Geneva International Book and Press Fair in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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S. Korean ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - People offer flowers in front of an altar in Seoul on April 30, 2014, to mourn for the victims of the sinking of the ferry Sewol. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest on April 16. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel head for their meeting in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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Brunei to implement Islamic law

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014. Bolkiah said the tiny oil-rich sultanate on Borneo Island will begin implementing Islamic law the following day.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) holds talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (far L) in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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Abe in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a ceremony welcoming Abe to Germany, in Berlin on April 30, 2014.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo after a one-day policy meeting of the central bank on April 30, 2014. The BOJ said the country's consumer prices will likely rise around 2 percent in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, holds a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo after a one-day policy meeting of the central bank on April 30, 2014. The BOJ said the country's consumer prices will likely rise around 2 percent in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016.

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Kishida in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 30, 2014.

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Photos from ferry disaster in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People wipe away their tears after paying their respects to victims of the April 16 ferry disaster at a memorial altar in front of the Seoul City office building in Seoul on April 30, 2014. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Photos from ferry disaster in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People pay their respects to victims of the April 16 ferry disaster at a memorial altar in front of the Seoul City office building in Seoul on April 30, 2014. South Korean authorities are continuing search and rescue operations on the Sewol for the 92 passengers still missing after it sank off Jindo Island in the country's southwest. So far 210 people have been confirmed dead.

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Plane's abnormal descent near Naha airport likely human error

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Endo (back), head of the general planning department of Peach Aviation Ltd., a budget airline, and Yasunobu Funai, chief of the company's operational section, bow in apology at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on April 30, 2014, a day after a company Airbus A320-200 descended dangerously close to the sea near Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hotel suite opens at historic palace in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - A luxurious canopy bed in the Schonbrunn Palace suite, which opened on April 30, 2014, is pictured on April 24, 2014, in Vienna. The Schonbrunn Palace, listed as a World Cultural Heritage site, was once inhabited by Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth.

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Hotel suite opens at historic palace in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - A Schonbrunn Palace suite in Vienna is shown in a photograph taken on April 24, 2014, ahead of its opening to guests on April 30, 2014. The palace, listed as a World Cultural Heritage site, was once inhabited by Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth.

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Special seats matching image of popular anime Gundam

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils three special seats set up inside the limited express train Rapi:t to create an atmosphere associated in the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn" on April 24, 2014 in Osaka, western Japan. The red train assumes the image of Neo Zeon, Gundam's "popular" villain organization, and runs between Namba Station and Kansai Airport Station in Osaka Prefecture from April 26 to June 30, 2014.

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Ringer Hut's cold 'Champon' noodle dish

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a bowl of cold "champon" noodles in this undated photo. Ringer Hut, a restaurant chain known for its Nagasaki "champon" noodle dishes, announced on April 22, 2014, that cold "champon" will go on sale from April 25 through September 30, 2014.

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Gov't, fishermen meet over Fukushima plant groundwater

SOMA, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (2nd from L), head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, conveys the association's stance to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) regarding the planned dumping in the sea of groundwater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex during a meeting in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on March 30, 2014. Motegi told the local fishermen the groundwater will not be released until the season for catching young sand lance in a test run is over at the end of April.

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Fatal accident off Japan's southernmost island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo take in April 2005 shows Okinotori Island, Japan's southernmost territory. Five construction workers have died and two remain missing after a floating pier they were building overturned on March 30, 2014, and they fell into the sea off the island, the land ministry said.