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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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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference after the BOJ policy board decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy, at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Kuroda praised the government's decision to raise the nation's sales tax as planned in April 2014.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference after the BOJ policy board decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy, at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Kuroda praised the government's decision to raise the nation's sales tax as planned in April 2014.

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Fuji Heavy expects record domestic output

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru XV Hybrid under production at a plant operated by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The automaker is heading for record domestic automobile output in the April-September half of fiscal 2013, due to strong sales in Japan and the United States, company officials said on Sept. 4, 2013.

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Fuji Heavy expects record domestic output

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Subaru XV Hybrid made by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. The automaker is heading for record domestic automobile output in the April-September half of fiscal 2013, due to strong sales in Japan and the United States, company officials said on Sept. 4, 2013.

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Helping foreigners become self-reliant

GIFU, Japan - Foreign youths study for Japanese high school entrance exams during a class in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, under a program launched by the nonprofit organization Kani International Exchange Association.

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Filipino fisherman affected by territorial dispute

MASINLOC, Philippines - Photo taken April 4, 2013, in Masinloc, the Philippines, shows Miguel Betana with his boat in the background. He is one of the Filipino fishermen hoping to return to fishing grounds at Scarborough Shoal, where they are effectively barred from entering because of a territorial dispute with China.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a temporary storage facility for dry casks containing spent fuel, which has been put to use at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the fifth floor of the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Under the steel sheets (C) is the spent fuel pool. At top left is the building housing the No. 3 reactor. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - An official explains the use of equipment inside a room for water treatment control at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the inside of the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the inside of multi-nuclide removal equipment called ALPS at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima nuclear plant 2 years after accident

SENDAI, Japan - Folded paper cranes, a symbol of peace, and messages of encouragement for workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are displayed in an antiseismic building at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013, about two years after the nuclear accident.

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Fukushima nuclear plant 2 years after accident

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the emergency countermeasures office on the second floor of an antiseismic building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013, about two years after the nuclear accident.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the central monitoring room in a building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a heavy machinery remote-control room at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Work at Fukushima nuclear plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on April 4, 2013, shows an area around a crack at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, from which highly radioactive water leaked into the sea in April 2011. The crack in front of the structure has been filled and covered with gravel. Installation work on a water shielding wall began at the plant on April 2, 2013.

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Work at Fukushima nuclear plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on April 4, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (L) and the base of a facility to remove spent nuclear fuel that is under construction at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Work at Fukushima nuclear plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on April 4, 2013, shows a steel pipe (center) at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The pipe is part of a water shielding wall to prevent radioactive water from leaking into the sea. Installation work on the wall began on April 2.

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Facebook software for smartphone

MENLO PARK, United States - Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., introduces new software for accessing the social media network on certain smartphones at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on April 4, 2013.

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Facebook software for smartphone

MENLO PARK, United States - Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., introduces new software for accessing the social media network on certain smartphones at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on April 4, 2013.

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Yankees' Rivera

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows New York Yankees Mariano Rivera pitching against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 4, 2013. Rivera got his 609th save in New York's 4-2 victory, returning to the mound for the first time since suffering a knee injury in May 2012.

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Facebook software for smartphone

MENLO PARK, United States - Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., introduces new software for accessing the social media network on smartphones at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on April 4, 2013.

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Laotians call for world without landmines

NEW YORK, United States - Thoummy Silamphan (R), who lost his hand to a landmine as a child in Laos, and Manixia Thor (C), a member of an all-female bomb-clearing team in the country, speak at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 4, 2013, International Mine Awareness day. They spoke about the damage caused by cluster bombing in their country, calling for a world without the deadly weapons.

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Video of Indonesian policeman getting bribe

TOKYO, Japan - This image from a video posted on YouTube shows an Indonesian policeman holding a beer bottle at a police station on the resort island of Bali. The video showing the policeman receiving a bribe from a Dutch tourist aired on Indonesian TV on April 4, 2013, causing outrage.

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Facebook software for smartphone

MENLO PARK, United States - Photo shows a smartphone equipped with new software of Facebook Inc. The company unveiled the software on April 4, 2013.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013, returning from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong, carrying clothes being manufactured in Kaesong. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from Kaesong for the second day running.

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Floating tsunami shelter

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Tajima Motor Corp., a maker of race cars, unveils in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 4, 2013, to the press a prototype floating shelter made of fiber-reinforced plastic that can accommodate up to 20 people in the event of a tsunami.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows a South Korean vehicle at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013, returning from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong, carrying clothes being manufactured in Kaesong. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from Kaesong for the second day running.

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U.S. chemical battalion in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. Army 23rd chemical battalion holds a flag-raising ceremony in Uijeongbu, near Seoul on April 4, 2013, as the unit returned to South Korea after a lapse of eight years.

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Japan Diet discusses child custody treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The lower house began deliberation on Japan's ratification of an international treaty designed to help settle cross-border child custody disputes and the bills needed for the country to join the pact.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with fire trucks on a taxiway spraying an arch of water to welcome the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines employees and others pose for photos in front of a KLM Boeing 777 jet after the aircraft carrying about 300 passengers landed at Fukuoka airport on April 4, 2013. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with airport officials and others welcoming the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean trucks turning around at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong for the second day running.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows a South Korean truck turning around at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong for the second day running.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan policymakers hold a meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework in a bid to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)