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Best-selling Japanese author Keigo Higashino dies of cancer

Japanese mystery author Keigo Higashino holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2006, after winning the prestigious Naoki Prize for "Yogisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X)." The best-selling author, whose works gained wide popularity in South Korea, China and other parts of Asia, died of bowel cancer on July 23, 2026, aged 68.

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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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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-BINYANG-FIRECRACKER DRAGON FESTIVAL-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(240117) -- BINYANG, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows craftsman Zou Yute making a bamboo dragon for Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on April 5, 2006 (L) and Jan. 16, 2024 (R), respectively. Zou Yute, a 70-year-old craftsman, is an inheritor of the bamboo dragon-making crafts and has been devoted to this art for over four decades. Firecracker Dragon Festival that can be dated back to more then 10 centuries ago is a traditional carnival celebrating Spring Festival in Binyang, when locals perform the firecracker dragon dance with a bamboo dragon. Unlike most dragon dances performed elsewhere, the audiences usually throw lit firecrackers toward the bamboo dragon during the dance to drive away evil spirits and pray for peace and prosperity for the new year. The event was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-BINYANG-FIRECRACKER DRAGON FESTIVAL-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(240117) -- BINYANG, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows craftsman Zou Yute making a bamboo dragon for Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on April 5, 2006 (Top) and Jan. 16, 2024 (Below), respectively. Zou Yute, a 70-year-old craftsman, is an inheritor of the bamboo dragon-making crafts and has been devoted to this art for over four decades. Firecracker Dragon Festival that can be dated back to more then 10 centuries ago is a traditional carnival celebrating Spring Festival in Binyang, when locals perform the firecracker dragon dance with a bamboo dragon. Unlike most dragon dances performed elsewhere, the audiences usually throw lit firecrackers toward the bamboo dragon during the dance to drive away evil spirits and pray for peace and prosperity for the new year. The event was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Traditional Chao embroidery

STORY: Traditional Chao embroidery DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chao embroidery STORYLINE: The Chao Embroidery is one of the most famous embroideries in China. Dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it became well-known in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911). It has full composition, various stitches, clear texture, gold and silver thread inlays, high supporting ground, strong color, and strong decorativeness. The Chao embroidery was added to China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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Mayoral race in Nago kicks off with Futemma relocation key issue

NAHA, Japan - Incumbent Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro delivers a speech during a rally in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, as the mayoral election campaign kicked off the same day, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago the top issue. Shimabukuro suggests he will accept its transfer from Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, as Japan and the United States agreed on in 2006.

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Police arrest Huser chief over alleged building fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Police on May 17 arrested Susumu Ojima (in a photo taken on Jan. 17, 2006), president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., over an allegation he had sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture although he knew it was built using fabricated earthquake-resistance data.

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Police arrest Huser chief over alleged building fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Police on May 17 arrested Susumu Ojima (in a photo taken on Jan. 17, 2006), president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., over an allegation he had sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture although he knew it was built using fabricated earthquake-resistance data. (Kyodo)

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Mayoral race in Nago kicks off with Futemma relocation key issue

NAHA, Japan - Incumbent Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro delivers a speech during a rally in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, as the mayoral election campaign kicked off the same day, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago the top issue. Shimabukuro suggests he will accept its transfer from Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, as Japan and the United States agreed on in 2006. (Kyodo)