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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Japanese scientist letter displayed at atomic museum in Nevada

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo shows parts of a letter by Japanese biophysicist Yasushi Nishiwaki dated March 17, 1954, with his signature, which has been on display at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The late scientist wrote to the chief of the then U.S. Atomic Energy Commission asking for information on how to help Japanese fishermen exposed to high-level radiation due to a U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll on March 1.

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Bikini nuclear test marks 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (C), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, shakes hands with a Marshallese survivor (L) in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on March 1, 2014, the 60th anniversary of the test. To the right is Kaede Nagashima, a Japanese university student from Fukushima, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Rongelap women sing in honor of H-bomb test victims

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Women from Rongelap Atoll sing a song about missing their native island during an event held March 1, 2014 in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in honor of victims of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll.

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Bikini nuclear test marks 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation chairperson Yasuyoshi Komizo makes a speech on March 1, 2014, during a memorial ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic.

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Japanese survivor of H-bomb test meets U.S. official

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (L), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by the nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll, chats with Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands on March 1, 2014.

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Japanese survivor of Bikini nuclear test speaks 60 years on

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (R), a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from a 1954 U.S. H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, speaks during a memorial ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the test in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on March 1, 2014.

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Hiroshima mayor's letter handed to Marshall Islands president

MAJURO, Republic of Marshall Islands - Yasuyoshi Komizo (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, presents a letter from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui to President Christopher Loeak of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific republic's capital of Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014, before the 60th anniversary on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test, codenamed "Bravo," at Bikini Atoll.

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Fallout from U.S. nuke tests continues to take toll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Masatoshi Yamashita, a former high school teacher, giving an interview at his home in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture. Yamashita, together with his students, confirmed after 30 years of studies that some 1,000 Japanese fishing boats were exposed to "death ash" caused by a series of U.S. nuclear tests in the central Pacific Ocean around 60 years ago, in addition to the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 tuna fishing boat that was exposed to fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.

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Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 19, 2014 shows Matashichi Oishi (L), a former crew member of the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, and his daughter, Yoshiko Tanaka, standing in front of the trawler preserved and displayed at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall run by the Tokyo metropolitan government in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The tuna fishing boat was exposed to nuclear fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954, while fishing about 160 kilometers east of the atoll.

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Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows officials measuring radiation levels of a tuna landed at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo from the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 on March 16, 1954. The tuna fishing boat was exposed to nuclear fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1 that year, while fishing about 160 kilometers east of the atoll.

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59th anniv. of Bikini Atoll test

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Marshall Islands Senator Kenneth Kedi speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on March 1, 2013. Protesters called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at the rally held on the 59th anniversary of the exposure of a Japanese tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in 1954.

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59th anniv. of Bikini Atoll test

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Protesters call for the elimination of nuclear weapons at a rally in Yaizo, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on March 1, 2013, the 59th anniversary of the exposure of a Japanese tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in 1954.

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Antinuclear rally

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Matashichi Oishi, a 78-year-old former crew member of the trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. Antinuclear activists called for an end to reliance on nuclear power at the rally on the 58th anniversary of the exposure of the tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954.

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March held in Shizuoka to mark 1954 Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

SHIZUOKA, Japan - About 1,000 people march in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 1, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the irradiation of the crew of a Yaizu-based Japanese fishing ship by a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. A march participant carried a photo of Aikichi Kuboyama, the ship's chief radio operator who died six months after the irradiation at the age of 40 and became a symbol of the 1954 incident.

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Peace march commemorates 1954 Bikini Atoll H-bomb blast

YAIZU, Japan - People march through the fishing town of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1 to mark the 51st anniversary of the irradiation of the crew of the fishing ship Fukuryu Maru No. 5 in 1954 by fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

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(5)Survivors mark 50th anniversary of Bikini H-bomb test

YAIZU, Japan - John Anjain, who was the community leader of Rongelap Island when the U.S. tested the hydrogen bomb ''Bravo'' at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954, speaks at an assembly in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, to mark the 50th anniversary of the test.

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(3)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands President Kessai Note speaks at the 50th anniversary in Majuro on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

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(2)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall islanders on March 1 march to a site in Majuro to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

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Protesters march in Japan for nuclear abolition

Holding a photo of Aikichi Kuboyama, who died of irradiation after a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954, a woman and fellow antinuclear group members march in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1 to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Kuboyama was one of the crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5, that was exposed to radioactive fallout near the Bikini Atoll on the same day 45 years ago.

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Peace march commemorates 1954 Bikini Atoll H-bomb blast

YAIZU, Japan - People march through the fishing town of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1 to mark the 51st anniversary of the irradiation of the crew of the fishing ship Fukuryu Maru No. 5 in 1954 by fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo)

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March held in Shizuoka to mark 1954 Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

SHIZUOKA, Japan - About 1,000 people march in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 1, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the irradiation of the crew of a Yaizu-based Japanese fishing ship by a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. A march participant carried a photo of Aikichi Kuboyama, the ship's chief radio operator who died six months after the irradiation at the age of 40 and became a symbol of the 1954 incident. (Kyodo)

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Antinuclear rally

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Matashichi Oishi, a 78-year-old former crew member of the trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. Antinuclear activists called for an end to reliance on nuclear power at the rally on the 58th anniversary of the exposure of the tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Diary of fisherman affected by 1954 H-bomb test

KOCHI, Japan - CORRECTED NAME OF SHIP, OTHER INFO Photo shows a diary of a Japanese fisherman from Kochi Prefecture who was in the Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test. A local civic group revealed Dec. 27, 2010, that the newly found diary written by Takeshi Yamanaka, a crew member of the Kaifuku Maru No. 5, in Tosashimizu, indicated he was likely to have been exposed to radiation after the United States conducted the test in the area on March 1, 1954, as he logged his symptoms like headache and diarrhea. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Diary of fisherman affected by 1954 H-bomb test

KOCHI, Japan - CORRECTED NAME OF SHIP, OTHER INFO Photo shows a diary of a Japanese fisherman from Kochi Prefecture who was in the Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test. A local civic group revealed Dec. 27, 2010, that the newly found diary written by Takeshi Yamanaka, a crew member of the Kaifuku Maru No. 5, in Tosashimizu, indicated he was likely to have been exposed to radiation after the United States conducted the test in the area on March 1, 1954, as he logged his symptoms like headache and diarrhea. (Kyodo)

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Japanese scientist letter displayed at atomic museum in Nevada

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo shows parts of a letter by Japanese biophysicist Yasushi Nishiwaki dated March 17, 1954, with his signature, which has been on display at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The late scientist wrote to the chief of the then U.S. Atomic Energy Commission asking for information on how to help Japanese fishermen exposed to high-level radiation due to a U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll on March 1. (Kyodo)

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Diary of fisherman affected by 1954 H-bomb test

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows a diary of a Japanese fisherman from Kochi Prefecture who worked on the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, which operated at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test. A local civic group revealed Dec. 27, 2010, that the diary written by Takeshi Yamanaka in Tosashimizu indicated he was likely to have been exposed to radiation after the United States conducted the test on March 1, 1954, in the area, as he logged his symptoms, including headache and diarrhea. (Kyodo)

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Diary of fisherman affected by 1954 H-bomb test

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows a diary of a Japanese fisherman from Kochi Prefecture who worked on the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, which operated at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test. A local civic group revealed Dec. 27, 2010, that the diary written by Takeshi Yamanaka in Tosashimizu indicated he was likely to have been exposed to radiation after the United States conducted the test on March 1, 1954, in the area, as he logged his symptoms, including headache and diarrhea. (Kyodo)

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(2)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall islanders on March 1 march to a site in Majuro to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. (Kyodo)

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(5)Survivors mark 50th anniversary of Bikini H-bomb test

YAIZU, Japan - John Anjain, who was the community leader of Rongelap Island when the U.S. tested the hydrogen bomb ''Bravo'' at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954, speaks at an assembly in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, to mark the 50th anniversary of the test. (Kyodo)

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(3)50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test held in Majuro

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands President Kessai Note speaks at the 50th anniversary in Majuro on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. (Kyodo)

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Over 1,000 march in protest of nuclear programs

YAIZU, Japan - Carrying a photograph of Aikichi Kuboyama, who died from radiation injuries sustained in a U.S. thermonuclear testing in the Bikini Atolls in the Marshall Islands in 1954, a woman walks in a march held March 1 to protest nuclear programs in memory of the first Japanese victim of a testing for peaceful use of atomic energy.

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Protesters march in Japan for nuclear abolition

Holding a photo of Aikichi Kuboyama, who died of irradiation after a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954, a woman and fellow antinuclear group members march in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1 to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Kuboyama was one of the crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5, that was exposed to radioactive fallout near the Bikini Atoll on the same day 45 years ago. ==Kyodo