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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners stealing second base during a game against the Los Angeles Angels on June 15, 2011, in Seattle. He became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 21, 2025.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work

STORY: Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Holy Cafe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 3. various of Holy Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 5. various of Holy Cafe 6. various of Holy Cafe distributing lunch boxes to the elderly 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe STORYLINE: A restaurant in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan provides job opportunities and training for people with disabilities, helping them to develop their capacity for self-care and integration into society. The restaurant, named Holy Cafe, was opened in 2011 by Maria Sung Law Man-kwan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe "I hope the staff members can learn different catering skills here. My restaurant used to serve Western-style food. Some o

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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

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Tsunami-damaged vehicle lies at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle damaged by the 2011 tsunami remains unattended outside a turbine building of the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) meets with Naomi Hirose (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other TEPCO executives at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014. Motegi gave them government approval for a new business turnaround plan for the utility, saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, speaks at a news conference at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, after the government approved the company's new business turnaround plan.

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Ultraman, Ultraseven exhibition at museum in Mito

MITO, Japan - Photo shows figures of Ultraman (L) and Ultraseven (R), characters from popular Japanese TV hero series aired since the 1960s, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011. An exhibition entitled ''Ultraman Art! Times and creation Ultraman & Ultraseven'' runs from Nov. 3, 2011, through Jan. 15, 2012.

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Kenwood's high definition navigation system

TOKYO, Japan - Photo show Kenwood Corp.'s new car navigation system ''Avenue'', which can display high definition images and maps. The company said Jan. 11, 2011, it will release Avenue MDV-727DT and MDV-626DT in February at nominal prices of 15,000 yen and 13,000 yen, respectively.

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Independence referendum in Sudan

JUBA, Sudan - Election staff count votes in the independence referendum of southern Sudan under lamps at a polling station in Juba, Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2011. The vote is likely to make Southern Sudan Africa's 54th independent nation.

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Job market looks favorable for foreign students

TOKYO, Japan - An official of eyeglass company JIN Co. explains the company's business to foreign students at its booth at a joint-enterprise orientation event held in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2011.

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Job market looks favorable for foreign students

TOKYO, Japan - An official of eyeglass company JIN Co. explains the company's business to foreign students at its booth at a joint-enterprise orientation event held in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2011.

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Kim, Maehara eye inter-Korean talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara shake hands in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2011. Japan and South Korea agreed that inter-Korean dialogue should be held first to repair bilateral ties and defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula before direct talks between Japan and North Korea.

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Yokohama Marine Tower marks 50th anniv.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2011, shows Yokohama Marine Tower which marks its 50th anniversary the same day. The tower was built in 1961 for the 100th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama port.

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JR Tokai vice chairman named as new NHK chief

NAGOYA, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya after he was named as next president of public broadcaster NHK on Jan. 15, 2011. He will assume a three-year term at NHK on Jan. 25, succeeding Shigeo Fukuchi.

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Germany's Freund wins Sapporo World Cup jump

SAPPORO, Japan - German ski jumper Severin Freund flies through the air during the men's individual large hill event at a World Cup jump in Sapporo on Jan. 15, 2011. Freund went on to win the gold medal.

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Germany's Freund wins Sapporo World Cup jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Germany's Severin Freund (C) celebrates his victory in the men's individual large hill event at a World Cup jump in Sapporo with Thomas Morgenstern of Austria (L) and Poland's Adam Malysz who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, on Jan. 15, 2011.

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Women and children returning from northern Sudan camp out near a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north.

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Hakuho beats Tochiozan

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring on Jan. 15, 2011, during the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Mongolian yokozuna improved to a 7-0 mark.

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Kim, Maehara eye inter-Korean talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara attend a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2011. Japan and South Korea agreed that inter-Korean dialogue should be held first to repair bilateral ties and defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula before direct talks between Japan and North Korea.

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Foreign minister Maehara in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara delivers a speech in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2011, during his one-day visit to the South Korean capital. Maehara met with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan over North Korea's provocative actions and stalled negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement.

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan returnees camp out around a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Shinkansen bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line was suspended between Tokyo and Morioka stations due to a broken cable and a signal failure, affecting 33,000 passengers on Jan. 15, 2011.

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Edano speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2011, after appearing in a TV program. Edano replaced Yoshito Sengoku in a Cabinet shake-up the previous day.

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Unified college entrance exams begin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants head to a site to take the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2011, as the two-day test began across the country on the day. The number of people taking the test increased to 558,984, up 5,616 from the previous year.

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women lie down in sleeping bags inside a dome-shaped ice ''hotel'' in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility will open Jan. 15 for a month-long operation.

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011.

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F-22A fighter jets arrive at Kadena airbase

NAHA, Japan - F-22A stealth fighter jets arrive at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 12, 2011. The U.S. Air Force said it will deploy a total of 15 F-22As at the airbase for the next four months.

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Once idyllic Fukushima village field now site for tainted waste

Many bags full of contaminated waste from radiation cleanup work are kept at a temporary storage site in the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2015, nearly four years after the 2011 nuclear accident. Iitate was a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan, with its golden rice paddies as shown in the inset photo (L), before the disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken Jan. 15, 2021, in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, northeastern Japan, shows a steel skeleton building hit by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit area then and now

Top photo taken Jan. 26, 2013 shows an area in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, an entry to which is restricted due to radiation leaks at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the M9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Bottom photo taken Aug. 15, 2015, shows the same area, with people enjoying a summer festival held as part of efforts to prepare for the lifting of entry restrictions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho beats Tochiozan

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring on Jan. 15, 2011, during the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Mongolian yokozuna improved to a 7-0 mark. (Kyodo)

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Edano speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2011, after appearing in a TV program. Edano replaced Yoshito Sengoku in a Cabinet shake-up the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Women and children returning from northern Sudan camp out near a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north. (Kyodo)

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Chinese J-20 stealth fighter

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2011, shows a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter in Chengdu, Sichuan. China conducted about a 15-minute test flight of the stealth fighter, believed to be its first test flight, without any incident at the city on Jan. 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit. (Kyodo)

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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker. (Kyodo)

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Job market looks favorable for foreign students

TOKYO, Japan - An official of eyeglass company JIN Co. explains the company's business to foreign students at its booth at a joint-enterprise orientation event held in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Job market looks favorable for foreign students

TOKYO, Japan - An official of eyeglass company JIN Co. explains the company's business to foreign students at its booth at a joint-enterprise orientation event held in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Independence referendum in Sudan

JUBA, Sudan - Election staff count votes in the independence referendum of southern Sudan under lamps at a polling station in Juba, Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2011. The vote is likely to make Southern Sudan Africa's 54th independent nation. (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan returnees camp out around a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north. (Kyodo)

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Germany's Freund wins Sapporo World Cup jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Germany's Severin Freund (C) celebrates his victory in the men's individual large hill event at a World Cup jump in Sapporo with Thomas Morgenstern of Austria (L) and Poland's Adam Malysz who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, on Jan. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Germany's Freund wins Sapporo World Cup jump

SAPPORO, Japan - German ski jumper Severin Freund flies through the air during the men's individual large hill event at a World Cup jump in Sapporo on Jan. 15, 2011. Freund went on to win the gold medal. (Kyodo)

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JR Tokai vice chairman named as new NHK chief

NAGOYA, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya after he was named as next president of public broadcaster NHK on Jan. 15, 2011. He will assume a three-year term at NHK on Jan. 25, succeeding Shigeo Fukuchi. (Kyodo)

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Yokohama Marine Tower marks 50th anniv.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2011, shows Yokohama Marine Tower which marks its 50th anniversary the same day. The tower was built in 1961 for the 100th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama port. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Shinkansen bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line was suspended between Tokyo and Morioka stations due to a broken cable and a signal failure, affecting 33,000 passengers on Jan. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kim, Maehara eye inter-Korean talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara attend a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2011. Japan and South Korea agreed that inter-Korean dialogue should be held first to repair bilateral ties and defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula before direct talks between Japan and North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Kim, Maehara eye inter-Korean talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara shake hands in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2011. Japan and South Korea agreed that inter-Korean dialogue should be held first to repair bilateral ties and defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula before direct talks between Japan and North Korea. (Kyodo)