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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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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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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Gov't, employers, employees agree on Japan-style work-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Tsuyoshi Takagi, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and a representative of the National Federation of Small Business Associations join hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23 after they agreed to promote Japanese-style work-sharing to stabilize and create jobs amid the deteriorating job conditions of the global economic crisis.

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Former Nikkeiren chief Nagano dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Nagano (in file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, or Nikkeiren, and honorary chairman of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., died at a Tokyo hospital May 12, the company said. He was 85.

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(2)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), who was elected May 28 as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF), talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Dawei (2nd from R, front) at a reception following the new organization's inaugural meeting. The JBF was created through the merger of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren).

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(1)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (at the rostrum), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and the last chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), is elected as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF) during the organization's inaugural general meeting in Tokyo on May 28. The organization was created through the merger of Nikkeiren and the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).

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Okuda urges Mizuho execs to take blame for computer fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to reporters April 18 in Tokyo. He said the management of the Mizuho Financial Group should take responsibility for the computer fiasco afflicting two group banks.

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Li brushes aside concerns over 'China threat' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), toast during a welcome luncheon in Tokyo on April 3. Li brushed aside growing concerns in Japan that Beijing's rapid economic development will pose a threat to Tokyo.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Keidanren approves merger with Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai (standing), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), addresses its extraordinary general meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Keidanren formally approved a plan to merge with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) to create the Japan Business Federation in May.

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Japanese trade union meets with employers' group

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L, standing), head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting of Rengo members and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 17. Nikkeiren chairman Hiroshi Okuda is on the far right.

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Nikkeiren adopts pay-cut plan for wage negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an extraordinary meeting of the association Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report stressing the need to urge labor unions to accept pay cuts in this year's labor-management wage negotiations.

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Business leaders meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations, Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, meet the press after a New Year party in Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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Business leader calls for safety nets for jobless

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (standing at right), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (seated at left) in a meeting at a Tokyo hotel July 13. Okuda urged the government to improve safety nets against an increase in unemployment expected as a result of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's aggressive structural reform.

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New business body to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Takashi Imai (C), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), are seated next to each other at a joint meeting of the two organizations in Tokyo on June 20. Keidanren and Nikkeiren agreed to launch a new organization, Japan Business Federation (JBF), through their merger in May 2002.

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Canada business leader urges Japan to ink free trade deal

TOKYO, Japan - Thomas d'Aquino (L), president of the Business Council on National Issues, a Canadian big-business group, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, hold a news conference June 5 at a Tokyo hotel. D'Aquino proposed Japan and Canada push preparations for a free trade agreement.

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Employers, unions team up to solve job mismatch

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) addresses a meeting called March 15 to discuss Japan's soaring unemployment as Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, and Etsuya Washio (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (R), listen. The three agreed to join hands in solving the growing mismatch between job seekers and offers.

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Nikkeiren OKs transferring better profits to staff via bonuses

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks at an extraordinary meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Jan. 12. Japan's largest employers group endorsed a policy of transferring the fruits of improved profitability at major firms to staff as bonus hikes or one-off allowances rather than granting a labor demand to improve salaries.

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Business leaders confident about 1.7% growth

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's top four industrial bosses give a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 5. (From L to R) Kosaku Inaba, head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Takashi Imai, head of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Yotaro Kobayashi, chief of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).

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Keidanren, Nikkeiren finalize name of merged body

TOKYO, Japan - The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will merge in 2002 and the new body will be called the Japan Business Federation, Yoshihiro Fujii(C), the head of a special committee preparing the merger, told reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20.

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Okuda elected head of top employer group

The president of Toyota Motor Corp., Hiroshi Okuda, speaks at a news conference May 13 following his election as head of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren).

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto.

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Nikkeiren chairman speaks at extraordinary general assembly

Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) speaks Jan. 12 at its extraordinary general assembly in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report advising that basic wage raises should be avoided for the seventh consecutive year.

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Toyota's Okuda to become Nikkeiren chairman

This file photo shows Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., who has been nominated by the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) as its next chairman. The appointment will be formalized at the federation's general assembly in May, Nikkeiren officials said Jan. 8. Jiro Nemoto, who will step down as chairman after four years in office, said Okuda, 66, was chosen because of his reputation as an internationally minded business executive.

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Japan business dons pin hope on 2nd-half recovery

The leaders of Japan's top four big-business groups hold a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, voicing hope that the nation's economy will be put on a recovery track in the second half of this year, while expressing shock at a series of negative developments at the new year's onset. From left to right are Jiro Ushio, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Business leaders meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations, Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, meet the press after a New Year party in Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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Nikkeiren adopts pay-cut plan for wage negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an extraordinary meeting of the association Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report stressing the need to urge labor unions to accept pay cuts in this year's labor-management wage negotiations.

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Keidanren approves merger with Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai (standing), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), addresses its extraordinary general meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Keidanren formally approved a plan to merge with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) to create the Japan Business Federation in May.

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Li brushes aside concerns over 'China threat' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), toast during a welcome luncheon in Tokyo on April 3. Li brushed aside growing concerns in Japan that Beijing's rapid economic development will pose a threat to Tokyo.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Canada business leader urges Japan to ink free trade deal

TOKYO, Japan - Thomas d'Aquino (L), president of the Business Council on National Issues, a Canadian big-business group, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, hold a news conference June 5 at a Tokyo hotel. D'Aquino proposed Japan and Canada push preparations for a free trade agreement.

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Former Nikkeiren chief Nagano dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Nagano (in file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, or Nikkeiren, and honorary chairman of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., died at a Tokyo hospital May 12, the company said. He was 85. (Kyodo)

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(1)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (at the rostrum), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and the last chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), is elected as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF) during the organization's inaugural general meeting in Tokyo on May 28. The organization was created through the merger of Nikkeiren and the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).

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Okuda urges Mizuho execs to take blame for computer fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to reporters April 18 in Tokyo. He said the management of the Mizuho Financial Group should take responsibility for the computer fiasco afflicting two group banks.

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Business leader calls for safety nets for jobless

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (standing at right), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (seated at left) in a meeting at a Tokyo hotel July 13. Okuda urged the government to improve safety nets against an increase in unemployment expected as a result of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's aggressive structural reform.

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Employers, unions team up to solve job mismatch

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) addresses a meeting called March 15 to discuss Japan's soaring unemployment as Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, and Etsuya Washio (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (R), listen. The three agreed to join hands in solving the growing mismatch between job seekers and offers.

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Nikkeiren OKs transferring better profits to staff via bonuses

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks at an extraordinary meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Jan. 12. Japan's largest employers group endorsed a policy of transferring the fruits of improved profitability at major firms to staff as bonus hikes or one-off allowances rather than granting a labor demand to improve salaries.

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Business leaders confident about 1.7% growth

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's top four industrial bosses give a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 5. (From L to R) Kosaku Inaba, head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Takashi Imai, head of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Yotaro Kobayashi, chief of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).

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Keidanren, Nikkeiren finalize name of merged body

TOKYO, Japan - The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will merge in 2002 and the new body will be called the Japan Business Federation, Yoshihiro Fujii(C), the head of a special committee preparing the merger, told reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20.

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Rengo's Washio submits wage hike demand to Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L), chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), Japan's largest confederation of labor unions, presents a letter containing the group's demand for a wage hike in ongoing spring wage negotiations to Tadao Suzuki, vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel on March 10. Washio said, ''Japan's economy, on the whole, is showing an upward trend. Employers should pay more to their employees.'' Suzuki replied, ''Due to intensifying global competition, we need to ensure job security rather than raise wages.''