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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's new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan, May 22 Kyodo - Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends his first press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on May 21, 2025. (Kyodo)

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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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Volume of young eel in aquaculture ponds to be limited

TOKYO, Japan - Masanori Miyahara, adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, attends a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2014, after Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan agreed on conserving the endangered Japanese eel by cutting the volume of young eels put into aquaculture ponds by 20 percent from recent levels.

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Cafeterias at gov't offices

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 6, 2012, shows a set menu having tomato-simmered deer meat as the main dish, served at Teshigotoya Sakura, one of the cafeterias at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district.

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Japanese official visits near Chernobyl nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows Takashi Shinohara (R), Japanese senior vice minister of agriculture, visiting a site near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 22, 2011, to learn about a soil decontamination method through growth of rapeseed crops. The ministry plans to launch an experiment of absorbing radioactive substances through growth of sunflower and rapeseed crops around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

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Fish ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert, illustrator and TV personality Sakana-kun (fish guy) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo in December 2010. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Feb. 17, 2011, that it has appointed Sakana-kun, also a visiting associate professor at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, a ''fish ambassador'' to expand fish consumption.

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Toru Iwasa (2nd from L), an executive of the Zen natural food seller in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, talks with a local trader in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products there hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Kenzo Takemoto (R), president of Kobe-based Takemoto Trading Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Hidefumi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Drink Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Japan eyes increasing rice exports to China

BEIJING, China - Nobutaka Tsutsui (C), senior vice minister of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Liu Shenli (L), chairman of China National Agricultural Development Group Corp., shake hands after signing a memorandum in Beijing on Dec. 9, 2010. The agricultural entities agreed China will expand imports of Japanese farm products such as rice and vegetables.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu speaks to reporters after talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack leaves the room after wrapping up talks with his Japanese counterpart Hirotaka Akamatsu at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shake hands at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting between Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is held at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Gov't releases English guide to Japanese local cuisines

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows an English guidebook on local cuisines the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released June 9. The ministry prepared 10,000 copies of the book ''Japan's Tasty Secrets'' to give out at locations such as Narita, Chubu and Kansai international airports.

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Gov't releases English guide to Japanese local cuisines

TOKYO, Japan - Adam Fulford show off two copies of the English guidebook on local cuisines ''Japan's Tasty Secrets'' that he translated and edited at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on June 9.

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Agriculture minister Ota resigns over tainted-rice scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota receives a bouquet from employees at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after he resigned Sept. 19 over the sale of tainted imported rice that had been bought from the ministry.

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Vice farm minister offers to resign over tainted-rice scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Toshiro Shirasu, the top bureaucrat at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Shirasu has offered to resign in connection with his handling of a tainted-rice scandal, informed sources said.

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Japan formally decides to lift import ban on U.S. beef

TOKYO, Japan - The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries gives the green light to resuming beef imports from the United States in a meeting in Tokyo on July 27, lifting the beef embargo reinstated in January over fears of mad cow disease.

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Japan, EU say consideration needed for farm products

TOKYO, Japan - European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy (L) and Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei shake hands prior to their talks at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on June 22.

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Japan gives conditional OK to Chinese heat-treated poultry

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of the Chinese government (R) meet with Japanese farm officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Feb. 13 to discuss Chinese exports of poultry products to Japan. Japan agreed to the restart of imports of heat-treated poultry products from China on condition that Chinese processing plants clear hygiene norms to be specified by Japan.

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Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Nakagawa (L), head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry's Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, and J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shake hands at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23 before they start talks on safety measures the United States is taking for its beef following the outbreak of mad cow disease there.

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Farm ministry begins investigation at Nippon Meat offices

OSAKA, Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials walk into the office of the Nippon Meat Packers Inc. head office in Osaka on Aug. 21 for an on-site investigation for the first time since the company's beef-labeling scam came to light. The investigation is intended to ensure that a series of remedial measures announced Tuesday by the company will be duly implemented, ministry officials said.

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Gov't asks Nippon Meat group to limit business

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso, president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., is surrounded by reporters at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Aug. 14 after being asked by the ministry to limit the beef-related business activities of Nippon Food Inc., Nippon Meat's subsidiary.

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Ham processors assn. searched over beef-labeling scam

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries enter the building of the Japan Ham & Sausage Processors Cooperative Association in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 13 to search the trade organization in connection with beef-labeling fraud committed by a subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc.

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Farm ministry raids Marubeni unit over labeling fraud

SENDAI, Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials enter the Sendai branch office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a subsidiary of major trading house Marubeni Corp., to inspect the office. On March 15, it admitted it passed off chicken imported from Brazil as higher-priced domestic chicken between 1999 and 2001.

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Farmers demand gov't compensation over mad cow

TOKYO, Japan - Some 120 farmers and breeders from around the country, leading six dairy cows, gather in front of the building of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in central Tokyo on Feb. 22 to demand compensation from the government over losses incurred as a result of the outbreak of mad cow disease.

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Snow Brand chieff suggests he may quit

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Food Co. President Shozo Yoshida arrives at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Jan. 25 for talks on the role his firm played in a new scandal related to mad cow disease. Yoshida indicated later he may resign to take responsibility for the company's fraudulent actions.

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Inspection confirms plant used no feed causing mad cow disease

MITO, Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials conduct an inspection of a feed factory in Ibaraki Prefecture on Sept. 12. They said later they have confirmed the factory used no animal-based ''meat and bone meal (MBM)'' that may have caused Japan's first suspected case of mad cow disease.

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Cloned twin calves

Two baby cloned calves look unconcerned before the camera at Ishikawa Prefectural Animal Husbandry Center in Oshimizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. The pair, born July 5, are the world's first twin calves cloned from somatic cells taken from a cow fetus. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries figures, Japanese researchers have successfully impregnated about 30 cows through cloning technique.

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Tourism Expo Japan

Photo taken at the Tourism Expo Japan travel trade exhibition in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2022, shows a booth of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.