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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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Nat'l council to hand down 'washoku' culture to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Kumakura (C), president of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and others in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, announce they will establish a national council for passing the tradition and culture of "washoku" Japanese cuisine to the next generation. The council is expected to start its activities in April 2015. Washoku was registered in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013.

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World's longest cake roll made in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the world's longest cake roll, 140.62 meters in length, recognized by Guinness World Records in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2014. The cake, made using 180 liters of fresh cream, 2,400 eggs, 72 kilograms of flour, 400 strawberries and other ingredients, beat the previous record, a 130.68-meter-long cake, made in Tokyo in April 2013.

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World's longest cake roll made in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People work on making the world's longest cake roll using 180 liters of fresh cream, 2,400 eggs, 72 kilograms of flour, 400 strawberries and other ingredients in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2014. They made a 140.62-meter-long cake, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll, beating the previous record, a 130.68-meter-long cake, made in Tokyo in April 2013.

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Prominent Chinese journalist Gao's son missing

BEIJING, China - Prominent Chinese journalist Gao Yu is photographed in Beijing in November 2013. Her son is missing, a human rights watch group in Hong Kong reported on May 8, 2014. Gao was detained on April 24, 2014, over her alleged role in disclosing confidential government information.

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Reconstruction from Haiyan damage

MARABUT, Philippines - Photo taken on April 11, 2014 in Tacloban City in the Haiyan-hit Philippine island of Leyte shows men working on a permanent housing project for survivors of the typhoon that struck the country on Nov. 8, 2013. Housing and livelihood are among the serious challenges in the rehabilitation process in Haiyan-affected areas six months after the disaster.

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Seven Stars luxury train for tourists from overseas

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars luxury sleeper train travels through Yufu, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, in October 2013. JR Kyushu began a luxury train service exclusively for passengers from overseas on April 8, 2014.

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BOJ maintains ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda enters the BOJ head office in Tokyo for a policy board meeting on Aug. 8, 2013. The central bank maintained its ultraloose monetary policy introduced in April 2013 and left unchanged its assessment of the national economy that it is "starting to recover moderately," after upgrading the view for seven consecutive months. (Pool photo)

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Peru president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso (2nd from L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meeting at the Great Hall of the People on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Cambodia premier in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd from R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd from L) meeting at the Great Hall of the People on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Cambodia premier in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chatting during a ceremony to sign documents at the Great Hall of the People on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Peru president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shaking hands at the Great Hall of the People on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Flu countermeasures

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows quarantine officers monitoring arriving passengers at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, on April 8, 2013. A Japanese health ministry panel compiled countermeasures on April 24, 2013, against the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the face of the rapid spread of the virus in China.

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Flu countermeasures

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a thermographic monitor to detect fever in arriving passengers at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, on April 8, 2013. A Japanese health ministry panel compiled countermeasures on April 24, 2013, against the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the face of the rapid spread of the virus in China.

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Bird flu in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Photo shows chickens to be sold at a market in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on April 8, 2013. People in southern China are reluctant to buy live chickens for food following an outbreak of bird flu among humans in eastern China.

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Bird flu in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Photo shows chickens on a poultry farm in suburban Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China on April 8, 2013. People in southern China are reluctant to buy live chickens for food following an outbreak of bird flu among humans in eastern China.

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Baseball fan enters ground

CLEVELAND, United States - A police officer seizes a Cleveland Indians fan who entered the ground during the ninth inning of a game between the Indians and the New York Yankees at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 2013.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies

LONDON, Britain - Journalists gather in front of the Ritz in London where former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died on April 8, 2013.

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Japan foreign minister in Netherlands

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans shake hands before their meeting in The Hague, the Netherlands, on April 8, 2013. Kishida was in The Hague to take part in the meeting of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative before traveling to a Group of Eight foreign ministerial meeting in London.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1979 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (4th from L), Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira (2nd from L) and other leaders during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 1982 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 1984 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (seated) signing a China-Britain joint declaration stipulating Britain's return of Hong Kong to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Standing behind Thatcher are Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (R back) and British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe (C back). Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1995 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) being presented with the Order of the Precious Crown from Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Korea joint industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean military vehicle leads other South Korean vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 8, 2013, returning from a joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong. North Korea, which banned South Korean workers from traveling to the Kaesong industrial zone as it ratchets up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, said on April 8 that it will withdraw all North Korean workers from the joint industrial complex and temporarily suspend operations there.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (2nd from R), Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (2nd from L), U.S. President Ronald Reagan (far L) and other leaders during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1992 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Int'l gymnastics body chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bruno Grandi of Italy, president of the International Federation of Gymnastics (L), receives a bouquet from Japanese gymnast Rie Tanaka during a ceremony to award honorary doctorate to Grandi at Nippon Sport Science University in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sign a joint statement at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Pro-Pyongyang Korean school

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Nishi-Tokyo Korean Second Elementary and Junior High School in the southwestern Tokyo city of Machida on April 8, 2013. The Machida City Board of Education the same day reversed a decision by the city to exclude students at the school from receiving personal safety alarms because of Japan's tense political relationship with North Korea.

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Wind breaks wind turbine

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wind turbine unit of a wind power plant in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2013, after the blades and power generator fell off amid strong winds the previous day. Nobody was injured in the incident.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after signing a joint statement at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are seen before signing a joint statement at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Wind breaks wind turbine

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wind turbine unit (front) of a wind power plant in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2013, after the blades and power generator fell off amid strong winds the previous day. Nobody was injured in the incident.

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Boao Forum

BOAO, China - U.S. hedge fund investor George Soros speaks at the Boao Forum for Asia in the resort town of Boao in southern China's Hainan Province on April 8, 2013.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smile ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (far L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Mexico president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Japanese Emperor Akihito, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Japanese Empress Michiko and the Mexican president's wife Angelica Rivera head to their meeting at the imperial palace in Tokyo on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Antinuclear activists' tents

TOKYO, Japan - An April 8, 2013, photo shows tents set up by antinuclear campaigners on the premises of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in central Tokyo. The Japanese government has filed a lawsuit against the activists, demanding the removal of the tents, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Mexican President Pena Nieto in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Bird flu in China

BEIJING, China - Officials of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission and the World Health Organization hold a joint press conference in Beijing on April 8, 2013, following cases of H7N9 bird flu infecting humans.

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Nikkei ends above 13,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, closing up 358.95 points from the previous day at 13,192.59 on April 8, 2013. The Nikkei ended above the 13,000 line for the first time since August 2008.

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Mexico president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L in front) Japanese Emperor Akihito, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, the Mexican president's wife Angelica Rivera and Japanese Empress Michiko meet at the imperial palace in Tokyo on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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S. Korea concerned about Japan's economic policy

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Strategy and Finance Minister Hyun Oh Seok speaks in a news conference with foreign media in Seoul on April 8, 2013. Hyun voiced concern about the Japanese central bank's decision to flood the money market with funds, saying the move is affecting the economies of South Korea and other Asian countries.

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Bird flu in China

BEIJING, China - Officials of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission and the World Health Organization hold a joint press conference in Beijing on April 8, 2013, following cases of H7N9 bird flu infecting humans.

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Princess Kako enters university

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, is pictured before attending the entrance ceremony at Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Takamatsu airport, western Japan, on April 8, 2013. The Japan Transport Safety Board, which is investigating a battery-related incident onboard the grounded aircraft, began conducting tests.