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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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Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

STORY: Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of over 180,000 signatures from local citizens 2. various of the petitioning campaign 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASASHI TANI, Secretary general of Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs STORYLINE: Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Hajime Matsukubo, secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presented 184,712 citizen signatures to the representative from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Second Members' Office

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Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control

STORY: Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:032:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese citizens protesting in front of the Japanese prime minister's residence 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of a local citizen's group named Network Against Japan Arms Trade STORYLINE: Many Japanese protesters, amid heavy rainfall, gathered on Tuesday in front of the prime minister's residence to rally against the government's eased defense equipment transfer rules and further relaxation of arms export control. Seen as a significant defense policy shift and another step contrary to the country's pacifist constitution, the Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to lift the ban on exporting the next-generation fighter jets set to be jointly developed with

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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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International conference on Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan Kyodo - Attendees pose for a photo on the first day of a two-day international conference on the Osaka expo in Osaka on Nov. 14, 2023. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition held the meeting to provide information on the expo's pavilions for countries and international organizations planning to participate. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM thanks G-7 summit volunteers

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) presents a certificate of appreciation to the representative of a local volunteer group at the Hiroshima prefectural government office on July 9, 2023, during a ceremony held to thank people who helped with the Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city in May.

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Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeo Iizuka, representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and a brother of one of the abductees, speaks at a symposium in Washington on May 2, 2013. Family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea called for international cooperation to resolve the issue promptly in the symposium, the first of its kind hosted by the Japanese government in the United States.

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Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

BONN, Germany - A member (C) of a Japanese environmentalist group receives the Fossil of the Day award, in place of a Japanese government representative, after Japan won the award on June 11, 2011, at the venue of an international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Climate Action Network, which groups hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide, gave the award to Japan after one of its delegates reportedly made remarks suggesting that Japan will continue to weigh heavily nuclear power plants in its fight against global warming.

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Musician Uchida watches gov't-led budgetary waste-cutting session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese rock musician Yuya Uchida watches a government-led budgetary waste-cutting session in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 27, 2009. He said he cannot take an indifferent stance on politics as a representative of rock music.

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Ex-Geneva envoy Oshima named as Japan ambassador to S. Korea: source

SEOUL, South Korean - The Japanese government has unofficially named Shotaro Oshima (file photo), former permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva, as the new ambassador to South Korea, a diplomatic source said on June 8. Oshima will replace Toshiyuki Takano, who has been assigned to the post since January 2003, in the second half of this year, the source said.

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S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

TOKYO, Japan - Kang U Sok (R), a representative of a group of 85 former leprosy patients in South Korea, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 25 after filing a request with the Japanese government for compensation for being forcibly put into sanitariums when Korea under Japanese colonial rule.

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High court rejects S. Koreans' claim over ship sinking

OSAKA, Japan - Chon Sung Ryol, a representative of South Korean plaintiffs seeking 2.8 billion yen compensation from the Japanese government over the 1945 sinking of the Ukishima Maru naval vessel, expresses anger at a press conference in Osaka on May 30 after the Osaka High Court rejected their claims. Over 500 Korean forced laborers, including Chon's fahter, were killed in the incident.

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Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and Japanese government representative Yasushi Akashi pose for a photograph prior to the start of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18.

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Japanese may be appointed aide to U.N. Afghan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United Nations are making final arrangements to appoint Hiroshi Takahashi (file photo), a Japanese diplomat, to support the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, Japanese government sources said Nov. 4. Takahashi, currently a U.N. senior political affairs officer stationed in Tajikistan, is likely to be sent to the Islamabad-based U.N. Special Mission to Afghanistan at the request of Brahimi, the sources said.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-ABE'S FUNERAL

(220928) -- TOKYO, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wan Gang (L), representative of the Chinese government and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie Abe during the appreciation ceremony hosted by the Japanese government and Abe's family in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-ABE'S FUNERAL

(220928) -- TOKYO, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wan Gang (R), representative of the Chinese government and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the appreciation ceremony hosted by the Japanese government and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's family in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Japanese may be appointed aide to U.N. Afghan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United Nations are making final arrangements to appoint Hiroshi Takahashi (file photo), a Japanese diplomat, to support the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, Japanese government sources said Nov. 4. Takahashi, currently a U.N. senior political affairs officer stationed in Tajikistan, is likely to be sent to the Islamabad-based U.N. Special Mission to Afghanistan at the request of Brahimi, the sources said.

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(26)2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Chairman Bernard Testu (L), the French government representative, delivers a speech at a steering committee meeting with Japanese government representative Taizo Watanabe (C) and Toshio Nakamura (R), secretary general of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition. The photo was taken Feb. 2, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and Japanese government representative Yasushi Akashi pose for a photograph prior to the start of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Russia's Lavrov to visit Japan in April

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov (L) and Chikahito Harada, the Japanese government representative and ambassador in charge of Japan-Russia relations, shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2016. They agreed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Japan in mid-April, according to his ministry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Geneva envoy Oshima named as Japan ambassador to S. Korea: so

SEOUL, South Korean - The Japanese government has unofficially named Shotaro Oshima (file photo), former permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva, as the new ambassador to South Korea, a diplomatic source said on June 8. Oshima will replace Toshiyuki Takano, who has been assigned to the post since January 2003, in the second half of this year, the source said. (Kyodo)

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Bigo Tomotsu (SENMIZUSHIMA)

Islands big and small lie scattered around Numakuma Peninsula, making it a very picturesque landscape representative of the Seto Inland Sea. This area has been designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. This is the view from Sensui Island looking over Benten Island toward Taiga Island, evoking the natural beauty of the beach.==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐39‐0]

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Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

BONN, Germany - A member (C) of a Japanese environmentalist group receives the Fossil of the Day award, in place of a Japanese government representative, after Japan won the award on June 11, 2011, at the venue of an international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Climate Action Network, which groups hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide, gave the award to Japan after one of its delegates reportedly made remarks suggesting that Japan will continue to weigh heavily nuclear power plants in its fight against global warming. (Kyodo)

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in July 2015 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician engaged in aid work in Afghanistan and five others were killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in November 2016 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, standing by a canal built with Japanese technologies on the outskirts of Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in April 2018 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in November 2018 in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, explaining about drought damage in the country. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in April 2018 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Student nuclear disarmament speech canceled

Photo taken in August 2017 shows Japanese student peace ambassadors observing an international disarmament conference in Geneva. A speech by one of the ambassadors at the conference was cancelled due to pressure from the Chinese government, Japanese government sources said on Nov. 16, 2017. The speech by a representative of high school student ambassadors calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons had been delivered at every annual Conference on Disarmament since 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan appoints veteran diplomat as new chief negotiator for TPP

Undated file photo shows Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Japan's ambassador to Italy who was previously a deputy permanent representative to the United Nations. The Japanese government appointed Umemoto on July 7, 2017 as its chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as it bids to rescue the pact following the withdrawal of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest over disputed islets

Hideo Suzuki, a minister of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2017, after being summoned by Chung Byung Won, director general of the ministry's Northeast Asia Affairs Bureau. Chung lodged a complaint over Tokyo's dispatch of a government representative to an annual "Takeshima Day" ceremony in Shimane Prefecture pressing Japan's claim to Dokdo, a pair of South Korean-controlled islets known as Takeshima in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Musician Uchida watches gov't-led budgetary waste-cutting session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese rock musician Yuya Uchida watches a government-led budgetary waste-cutting session in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 27, 2009. He said he cannot take an indifferent stance on politics as a representative of rock music. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

TOKYO, Japan - Kang U Sok (R), a representative of a group of 85 former leprosy patients in South Korea, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 25 after filing a request with the Japanese government for compensation for being forcibly put into sanitariums when Korea under Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo)

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(12) 2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGOYA, Japan - Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales (2nd from L), Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau, and Japanese government representative Taizo Watanabe (C), at a press conference during a meeting of government representatives. The photo was taken Nov. 19, 2004. (Kyodo)

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High court rejects S. Koreans' claim over ship sinking

OSAKA, Japan - Chon Sung Ryol, a representative of South Korean plaintiffs seeking 2.8 billion yen compensation from the Japanese government over the 1945 sinking of the Ukishima Maru naval vessel, expresses anger at a press conference in Osaka on May 30 after the Osaka High Court rejected their claims. Over 500 Korean forced laborers, including Chon's fahter, were killed in the incident. (Kyodo)