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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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S. Korea, Japan accident victims' families bring flowers

KOBE, Japan - Members of families who lost their loved ones in April's ferry accident in South Korea and in the 2005 derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line of West Japan Railway Co. in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, walk on Dec. 6, 2014, to the floral tribute stand for the train accident.

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Bereaved parents of S. Korean ferry tragedy visit Japan

KOBE, Japan - Parents (L, 2nd L) who lost their child in April's ferry accident in South Korea give a press conference in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2014, after meeting with a mother who lost her daughter in the 2005 train derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line of West Japan Railway Co., as well as others.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Indian mobile phones popular among locals

MUMBAI, India - The mobile phone corner of a mass consumer electronics retailer in Mumbai, western India, is crowded with customers on Aug. 6, 2014, as local handset manufacturer Micromax emerged as a top seller in the April-June period and leaped to second place in the smartphone segment.

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Evacuee visits home in Iitate, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masato Takahashi jokingly demonstrates how cattle eat feed in his vacated barn in the Nagadoro district in Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2014. Takahashi lives in temporary housing in Fukushima City, about a one-hour drive from the village, after evacuating due to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Visitors flock to Murakami Suigun Museum

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Visitors look at exhibited items at the Murakami Suigun Museum in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on May 5, 2014. Some 7,500 people visited the museum during this year's Golden Week holidays from April 26 to May 6, 2014, an all-time high, according to the museum. The high figure was possibly due to the popularity of the 2014 bookstore grand prix-winning novel "Murakami kaizoku no musume" (Daughter of Murakami Pirates) by Ryo Wada.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Magellanic penguin chick at an aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 6, 2014. The baby was born on April 30.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy plants dogwood at Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (5th from L) plants a dogwood sapling at the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on April 6, 2014.

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China human rights lawyer tells of torture by police

BEIJING, China - Tang Jitian, a 45-year-old human rights lawyer who has spent many years concerned with the issue of China's so-called "black jails," shows injuries to his foot during an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on April 6, 2014. Tang, who was released from prison that day, spoke about the violence he endured, including being assaulted at a police station in Heilongjiang province and being threatened with having his kidneys removed.

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China human rights lawyer tells of torture by police

BEIJING,縲China -Tang Jitian, a 45-year-old human rights lawyer who has spent many years concerned with the issue of China's so-called "black jails," is interviewed in Beijing on April 6, 2014. Tang, who was released from prison that day, spoke about the violence he endured, including being assaulted at a police station in Heilongjiang province and being threatened with having his kidneys removed.

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A-bomb survivor to deliver English speech to NPDI FMs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Ogura is photographed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on April 9, 2014, before she speaks about her experience of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, at a meeting by foreign ministers of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative in the city on April 12, 2014.

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'Hot Water Splashing Festival' held in Beppu resort

OITA, Japan - People carry sake barrels while hot water is thrown from the roadside during the "Yukake Matsuri" (Hot Water Splashing Festival) in the Beppu hot spring resort in Oita Prefecture on April 6, 2014.

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Diet enacts extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R front) and Finance Minister Taro Aso (L front) bow in appreciation after a 5.47 trillion yen extra budget for the fiscal year through March 2014 is approved by the House of Councillors with a majority vote on Feb. 6, 2014. The extra budget will fund a stimulus package designed to prevent a sales tax hike in April from significantly dragging down the nation's economic recovery.

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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.