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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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Mt. Fuji eruption may force 470,000 people to evacuate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows Mt. Fuji as seen from around the border of the cities of Fuji and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. A panel set up by Shizuoka and two other prefectures around the 3,776-meter volcano worked out a regional evacuation plan on Feb. 6, 2014, projecting that a violent eruption could force around 470,000 people in the prefectures to evacuate if more than 30 centimeters of ash accumulates on the ground.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Life in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo taken July 6, 2013, shows customers lining up at a Lotteria hamburger restaurant that opened in April in a shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada during an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2008. The renowned author of humorous and satirical books, whose real name was Shigeru Horiuchi, died on June 6, 2013, at the age of 83, sources said June 9.

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Nikkei ends below 13,000 at 2-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending at 12,904.02 on June 6, 2013, down 110.85 points, or 0.85 percent, from the previous day and its lowest closing level since April 5.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Malaysian election

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak (R) is pictured during a rally in Johor Bahru in southern Malaysia on April 29, 2013. Najib was sworn in for a second term on May 6, 2013, a day after the ruling coalition struggled in a general election that was marred by allegations of irregularities.

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Perkasa holds rally

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad greets a supporter on April 6, 2013, in Shah Alam, near Kuala Lumpur, where he attended a rally of Malay rights group Perkasa, with a general election approaching.

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Perkasa holds rally

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Supporters of Malay rights group Perkasa head to a rally in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur on April 6, 2013, with a general election approaching.

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Herbal remedy for bird flu

SHANGHAI, China - A drugstore in Shanghai on April 6, 2013, displays many packages of banlangen, a Chinese herbal cold remedy, as China faces an outbreak of bird flu among humans.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela homers during the sixth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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EU foreign policy chief Ashton

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton holds a press conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 6, 2013.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela homers during the sixth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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Typhoon-like storm in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows pedestrians with umbrellas as heavy rain fell on the city of Kochi on April 6, 2013. A typhoon-like powerful spring storm hit a wide area of western Japan.

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Typhoon-like storm in Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo shows people near a shore being pounded by high waves in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 6, 2013, as a typhoon-like powerful spring storm hit a wide area of western Japan.

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Boao Forum begins

BOAO, China - Economic experts hold discussions as an annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, a high-level brainstorming venue for leaders from government, business and academia in Asia and elsewhere, began in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on April 6, 2013.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela holds a bouquet and a signboard at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, after becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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Cherry blossoms in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms in the Yonomori area of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2013. Entry to areas beyond the fence remains restricted due to the nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan defense chief in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands in the Okinawa prefectural capital of Naha on April 6, 2013. Onodera sought support from the governor for a plan to return a number of U.S. military facilities in Okinawa to Japanese control.

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Abe in disaster-hit Iwate

MIYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front C) is briefed on April 6, 2013, by Masanori Yamamoto (front R), mayor of the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, at a levee in the Toro area of the city that was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima tank may have leaked

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site (c) of one of the underground reservoir tanks where up to 120 tons of contaminated water may have leaked into soil at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. began transferring water from the tank to other underground tanks (front).

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Japan, U.S. may deploy unmanned aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2010 file photo shows the Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Japan and the United States are considering deploying the Global Hawk at a U.S. military base in Japan to enhance surveillance over North Korea, bilateral sources said on April 6, 2013.

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show U.S. Marines cleaning up debris on the island of Oshima in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013.

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New Mitsubishi Heavy president

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Omiya (L), president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., and Shunichi Miyanaga (R), senior executive vice president of the company, shake hands at the company's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 6, 2013. Mitsubishi Heavy said the same day it will promote Miyanaga to president on April 1 when Omiya will become chairman.

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Drive-through bank

NAGOYA, Japan - An official of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank explains drive-through banking using a model in Nagoya on Feb. 6, 2013. The regional bank based in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, said the same day it will start operating Japan's first drive-through bank on April 15 to provide easier access for customers reliant on cars for transportation.