China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

Diet approves BOJ chief Kuroda's reappointment

Diet approves BOJ chief Kuroda's reappointment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) and members of his Cabinet applaud at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 5, 2013, after the lower house approved the government's reappointment of Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda for a five-year term after he serves the remainder of his predecessor's tenure.

11 lawmakers hold Central Asia photo exhibition

11 lawmakers hold Central Asia photo exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R) looks at his picture at an exhibition of photos of Central Asia taken by 11 Diet members, which opened May 9 at the Parliamentary Museum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The exhibition was organized to commemorate the 10th anniversary of independence of five nations in the region.

New Party Sakigake announces its virtual dissolution

New Party Sakigake announces its virtual dissolution

Masayoshi Takemura (C), leader of the New Party Sakigake, announces in Tokyo on Sept. 2 that the party will virtually dissolve after the current extraordinary Diet session ends Oct. 7. Three of the party's five Diet members will leave the party. The party will continue to legally exist and simply be called ''Sakigake.'' He made the announcement with Hiroyuki Sonoda (R), the party's secretary general, and Akiko Domoto, general council chairwoman.

11 lawmakers hold Central Asia photo exhibition

11 lawmakers hold Central Asia photo exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R) looks at his picture at an exhibition of photos of Central Asia taken by 11 Diet members, which opened May 9 at the Parliamentary Museum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The exhibition was organized to commemorate the 10th anniversary of independence of five nations in the region.