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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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Fabric woven by 2,700 people in sympathy with disaster victims

KOBE, Japan - A "Saori-ori" freely woven piece involving about 2,700 people affected by big disasters, including tsunami-hit Thais, is shown in Kobe on Jan. 14, 2015, en route to completion on Jan. 17, 2015, with the ultimate length of 311 meters to signify the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of 2011 in northeastern Japan. Jan. 17 marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating 1995 quake that hit Kobe and vicinity.

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U.S. college students pray for American victim

SENDAI, Japan - A group of students from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia visit the municipal Inai Junior High School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after praying in the city for Taylor Anderson, a graduate of the college who was killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami while working as an English teacher in Ishinomaki. A foundation set up in memory of Anderson has donated books to the junior high school.

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U.S. college students pray for American victim

SENDAI, Japan - A group of students from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia offer prayers for Taylor Anderson, a graduate of the college, in the area where her body was found in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014. Anderson was killed in the disaster while working as an English teacher in Ishinomaki.

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Abandoned tank in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A tank used during a civil war lies abandoned on Jan. 17, 2012, beside a road in South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor as the result of a civil war which lasted more than 20 years.

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Market in S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - Women sell vegetables on Jan. 17, 2012, at the largest market in Juba, capital of South Sudan, which became independent in July 2011.

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Aoki signs 2-year deal with Brewers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, shows Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Milwaukee Brewers said Jan. 17, 2012, that the 30-year-old three-time Central League batting title winner has signed a two-year contract with the major league team.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, the area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, observe a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake hit western Japan 17 years ago.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - A person reads encouragement letters posted at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, from fifth-graders at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, on March 21, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2011, shows an encouragement letter from a fifth-grader at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, to students at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Hay fever business

TOKYO, Japan - A clerk at a Lawson convenience store in Tokyo arranges a variety of products intended to cope with hay fever on Jan. 17, 2011. Manufacturers and retailers are gearing up to market pollen-resistant products ahead of the arrival of the hay fever peak season, which is expected to bring higher-than-usual amounts of pollen to many parts of Japan due to last summer's hot spell.

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VW's Touareg hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2011, shows the hybrid version of the Volkswagen Touareg sport utility vehicle. Volkswagen Group Japan Co. plans to commence sales of the new model from Feb. 17 in Japan.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) talks to Shinji Okazaki (9) after Okazaki scored their team's first goal in the eighth minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 with Okazaki securing his hat-trick with the team's fifth goal.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (9) scores his team's fifth goal to achieve a hat-trick in the 80th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Keisuke Honda (2nd from L) congratulates hat-trick scorer Shinji Okazaki (9) after their team's 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in an Asian Cup Group B match in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (R) celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) celebrates after achieving a hat-trick during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (2nd L) scores his team's fifth goal to achieve a hat-trick during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) scores his team's first goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Keisuke Honda (R) congratulates Shinji Okazaki (9) after he scored Japan's second goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - People line up to buy bread in Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 17, 2011. Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi appointed a new unity government the same day after ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Keisuke Honda (L) and other team members congratulate Shinji Okazaki (9) after he scored Japan's second goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) scores his team's second goal with a diving header during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) congratulates Ryoichi Maeda who scored the team's third goal in the 19th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki celebrates after scoring his team's first goal in the 8th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki scores his team's second goal with a header in the 13th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Asabuki, Nishimura win Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mariko Asabuki, a 26-year-old graduate school student at Keio University, speaks of her winning of Japan's Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. She shared the prize with Kenta Nishimura.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) scores his team's first goal in the 8th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Akutagawa, Naoki prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - The winners of Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes line up for a group photograph in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. They are (from left to right) Shusuke Michio and Nobori Kiuchi, who shared the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers, and Kenta Nishimura and Mariko Asabuki, who shared the Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction.

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Asabuki, Nishimura win Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kenta Nishimura speaks of his winning of Japan's Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. He shared the prize with Mariko Asabuki.

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Baruto defeats Harumafuji

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian goliath Baruto (R) beats fellow ozeki Harumafuji at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Professor K. Ruoff at FCCJ

TOKYO, Japan - Kenneth Ruoff, an expert on the modern Japanese monarchy and author of ''Imperial Japan at Its Zenith,'' speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. Ruoff, professor at Portland State University, is also the author of ''The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995,'' the Japanese translation of which was awarded the Osaragi Jiro Prize.

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Nissan only delivers 60 of 6,000 orders for electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle. Nissan officials said Jan. 17, 2011, the company has only delivered about 60 units of the vehicle in Japan as of Jan. 14 even though it has already taken 6,000 orders due to be sold by March 31. Nissan attributed the slow pace to the need for careful work in the manufacturing process but denied any delay of the delivery of the pre-ordered cars.

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Professor K. Ruoff at FCCJ

TOKYO, Japan - Kenneth Ruoff (R), an expert on the modern Japanese monarchy and author of ''Imperial Japan at Its Zenith,'' chats with a man at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. Ruoff, professor at Portland State University, is also the author of ''The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995,'' the Japanese translation of which was awarded the Osaragi Jiro Prize.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

OSAKA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2011, shows Kobe, the western Japanese city devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake 16 years ago the same day. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. A building (L, below) is lit up to show the figures ''117'' to commemorate the date of the disaster.

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Toyota plants stopped due to heavy snow

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s main plant in Toyota city, Aichi Prefecture, which suspended operations due to heavy snow in the area on Jan. 17, 2011. Toyota Motor suspended production lines at 11 of its 12 factories in Aichi Prefecture.

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Hakuho on track for sixth consecutive title

TOKYO, Japan - Hakuho (L) escapes sudden defeat with a last-gasp throw of Homasho to remain on track for his sixth consecutive title as the only wrestler with an undefeated mark of 9-0 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Asabuki, Nishimura win Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Mariko Asabuki, who shared Japan's Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction with Kenta Nishimura. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Revival of JAL crane logo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in May 2008 in Japan's Narita airport, shows Japan Airlines Corp.'s logo depicting a red crane. In 2008, JAL stopped using the logo adopted in the 1950s, but officials of the airline said Jan. 17, 2011, that it will revive it in April, hoping to use it as a symbol of its business rehabilitation efforts.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Nobori Kiuchi, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Shusuke Michio. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Indonesian FM in press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa speaks at a press conference on the Indonesian island of Lombok on Jan. 17, 2011, after the conclusion of an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Natalegawa said ASEAN members cannot stand still if they are to compete in the global market.

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Snow-covered Kiyomizu Dera in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kiyomizu Dera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, covered with snow on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Ion generator to deodorize helmet

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Sharp Corp.'s ion generators designed to deodorize motorcycle helmets. The Japanese company said Jan. 17, 2011, it will launch sales later this month in Indonesia where motorcycles are a popular form of transportation.

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JR East Shinkansen trains suspended due to system failure

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a stopped Shinkansen bullet train in Saitama, between Ueno and Omiya stations on Jan. 17, 2011. All five lines of East Japan Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended for 75 minutes due to a failure in their control system on the day, affecting at least 53,000 people.

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BOJ chief Shirakawa in meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (3rd from R) attends a quarterly meeting of the central bank's branch managers in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. Shirakawa said the BOJ continues to seek strong monetary easing to help the Japanese economy fight deflation.

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JR East Shinkansen trains suspended due to system failure

TOKYO, Japan - Employees of East Japan Railway Co. scramble to address problems and respond to passengers at Tokyo Station as all five lines of its Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended for 75 minutes due to a control system failure on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, affecting at least 53,000 people.