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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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Pilgrimage for victims of March 2011 disaster

Monks go on a walking pilgrimage on Jan. 23, 2023, in Minamisoma, a northeastern Japan city devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, in memory of its victims.

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Pilgrimage for victims of March 2011 disaster

Monks go on a walking pilgrimage on Jan. 23, 2023, in Minamisoma, a northeastern Japan city devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, in memory of its victims.

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NHK thanked for economic boost from hit drama 'Amachan'

TOKYO, Japan - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (L) presents Masayuki Matsumoto (R), president of public broadcaster NHK, with a certificate of gratitude on Jan. 23, 2014, at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo in appreciation of economic and social benefits brought about by NHK's hit drama "Amachan." Aired in 2013, the drama revolved around the traditional culture of "ama" women divers and the rebuilding of northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami

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People in Tokyo walk home after March 2011 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 11, 2011, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows people walking to their homes after the massive earthquake paralyzed the public transportation systems in the capital area. Some 34 percent of people walked home from their workplaces or schools in Tokyo's 23 wards without waiting for the resumption of public transportation services, a survey by the Railway Technical Research Institute showed Jan. 28, 2012.

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 19, 2011, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the fourth round of the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 23, 2012, advancing to the quarterfinals. He is scheduled to face Briton Andy Murray in his first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal match.

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U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a courtroom of the Naha District Court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, immediately before the start of the first hearing of the trial of Rufus James Ramsey III, a 24-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force in the prefecture, over a fatal vehicle collision in January 2011. At the hearing, Ramsey admitted to a charge of negligent driving resulting in death. He has been indicted in the first application of newly agreed arrangements between Japan and the United States on personnel at U.S. bases.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with a voter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2011, while visiting the prefecture to support candidates in a prefectural assembly election. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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Tunisia in Jasmine Revolution

TOKYO, Japan - Young men take part in a demonstration near the prime minister's office in Tunis on Jan. 23, 2011, demanding the ouster of Cabinet ministers from the former administration of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Written on the wall in French is ''Death to dictatorship.''

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - A man removes snow on a rooftop of a garage in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 20, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person walks into her snow-covered home in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 21, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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Hakuho with Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho poses with the Emperor's Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2011, after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna won his sixth straight tournament title, becoming the third man to achieve the feat following Taiho and Asashoryu.

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Tunisia unrest

TUNIS, Tunisia - A high school student holds a message demanding Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi step down in a number of languages during a demonstration in Tunis on Jan. 23, 2011.

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Yoshihiro Ishida, a former House of Representatives member, hits the streets as campaigning kicks off in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 23, 2011. Yoshida has received the backing of the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party for the Feb. 6 poll, which is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

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Hakuho finishes New Year meet on winning note

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) forces veteran ozeki Kaio out of the ring on Jan. 23, 2011, the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Mongolian yokozuna won his sixth straight tournament title, becoming the third man to achieve the feat following Taiho and Asashoryu.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People dressed as animation characters celebrate the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara district, which is popular with shoppers and tourists for its cluster of shops selling electronics gadgets, on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured in June 2008.

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Hitoshi Sugiyama, a former Nagoya city assembly member, attends an election event as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Hiroko Hatta, a former House of Councillors member, hits the streets as campaigning kicks off in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 23, 2011. Hatta is the recommended candidate of the Japanese Communist Party in the election, which is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People including local officials cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers in June 2008, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured.

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Nagoya mayor Takashi Kawamura, who is running in the city's mayoral election to regain office, addresses voters as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. Kawamura, who resigned as mayor the previous month to test public opinion on his tax cut and other pledges that were rejected by the city assembly, is running on the ticket of the political organization that he leads, called ''Genzei Nippon,'' meaning ''tax cut Japan.'' The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

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Mizutani 1st man to win 5 consecutive nat'l titles

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Mizutani plays at the national table tennis championships in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2011. Mizutani became the first man to win the men's national singles title five times in a row by defeating Chinese-born Kazuhiro Chan four games to none in the final.

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LDP annual convention

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party of Japan President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and other members of the party raise their fists at the main opposition party's annual convention in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2011. Tanigaki vowed to regain the reins of the Japanese government this year.

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Kisenosato stops Hakuho again

TOKYO, Japan - Kisenosato (R) pushes grand champion Hakuho out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011, halting the yokozuna's winning streak at 23. Hakuho's history-chasing bout winning streak was stopped at 63 by the same opponent in November 2010.

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Kisenosato stops Hakuho again

TOKYO, Japan - Kisenosato (L) pushes grand champion Hakuho out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011, halting the yokozuna's winning streak at 23. Hakuho's history-chasing bout winning streak was stopped at 63 by the same opponent in November 2010.

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Teenage film director

TOKYO, Japan - Ryugo Nakamura, a 14-year-old student in Okinawa, poses for a photo at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 23, 2010. His film ''Yagi no Boken'' (adventure of a goat) will be shown at theaters across Japan beginning with three cinemas in Tokyo and Yokohama from Jan. 8, 2011.

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Tokyo store shelves full of canned foods before 4th anniv. of 2011 disaster

A shopper watches an ample lineup of canned foods at Tokyu Hands Inc.'s Shinjuku store in Tokyo in this file photo taken on Jan. 23, 2015, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canned foods occupy Tokyo store shelves before 4th anniv. of 2011 disaster

Shelves are full of canned foods at Tokyu Hands Inc.'s Shinjuku store in Tokyo in this photo taken on Jan. 23, 2015, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seminar held to share 1995, 2011 quake experiences in Japan

Kesennuma Mayor Shigeru Sugwara from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, speaks at a seminar held in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2015. The seminar was held to share experiences of devastating earthquakes that hit Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan in January 1995 and eastern Japan in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seminar held to share 1995, 2011 quake experiences in Japan

Kobe University and Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co. jointly hold a seminar in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2015, to share experiences of devastating earthquakes that hit Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan in January 1995 and eastern Japan in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo (top) taken in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the "Miracle Pine," which survived the March 2011 deadly tsunami, standing against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean on April 14, 2011. Photo (bottom) taken on Jan. 23, 2021, shows the pine with a newly built breakwater visible in the background, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows temporary apartment houses (top) in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for people affected by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, pictured on March 10, 2017, and an empty land lot in the same area following the demolition of the houses, pictured on Jan. 23, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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Teenage film director

TOKYO, Japan - Ryugo Nakamura, a 14-year-old student in Okinawa, poses for a photo at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 23, 2010. His film ''Yagi no Boken'' (adventure of a goat) will be shown at theaters across Japan beginning with three cinemas in Tokyo and Yokohama from Jan. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho with Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho poses with the Emperor's Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2011, after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna won his sixth straight tournament title, becoming the third man to achieve the feat following Taiho and Asashoryu. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Yoshihiro Ishida, a former House of Representatives member, hits the streets as campaigning kicks off in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 23, 2011. Yoshida has received the backing of the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party for the Feb. 6 poll, which is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho finishes New Year meet on winning note

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) forces veteran ozeki Kaio out of the ring on Jan. 23, 2011, the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Mongolian yokozuna won his sixth straight tournament title, becoming the third man to achieve the feat following Taiho and Asashoryu. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with a voter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2011, while visiting the prefecture to support candidates in a prefectural assembly election. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body. (Kyodo)

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People in capital area walk home after March 2011 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 11, 2011, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows people walking to their homes after the massive earthquake paralyzed the public transportation systems in the capital area. Some 34 percent of people walked home from their workplaces or schools in Tokyo's 23 wards without waiting for the resumption of public transportation services, a survey by the Railway Technical Research Institute showed Jan. 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED People in Tokyo walk home after March 2011 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - FIXING HEADLINE Photo taken March 11, 2011, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows people walking to their homes after the massive earthquake paralyzed the public transportation systems in the capital area. Some 34 percent of people walked home from their workplaces or schools in Tokyo's 23 wards without waiting for the resumption of public transportation services, a survey by the Railway Technical Research Institute showed Jan. 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Tunisia in Jasmine Revolution

TOKYO, Japan - Young men take part in a demonstration near the prime minister's office in Tunis on Jan. 23, 2011, demanding the ouster of Cabinet ministers from the former administration of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Written on the wall in French is ''Death to dictatorship.'' (Kyodo)

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - A man removes snow on a rooftop of a garage in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 20, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above. (Kyodo)

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person walks into her snow-covered home in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 21, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above. (Kyodo)

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Dorothee Gilbert in disaster area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dorothee Gilbert (front), the prima ballerina of the Corps de Ballet of the Paris Opera, gives a ballet clinic for children in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2012, to encourage children in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Air Force employee admits to charge in Okinawa case

NAHA, Japan - Rufus James Ramsey III, a civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force in Okinawa Prefecture, leaves the Naha District Court in the prefecture on Jan. 23, 2012. Ramsey, who has been indicted over a fatal vehicle collision in January 2011 in the first application of newly agreed arrangements over personnel at U.S. bases, admitted to the charge at his first trial session that day. (Kyodo)

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Dorothee Gilbert in disaster area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dorothee Gilbert (back R), the prima ballerina of the Corps de Ballet of the Paris Opera, gives a ballet clinic for children in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2012, to encourage children in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a courtroom of the Naha District Court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, immediately before the start of the first hearing of the trial of Rufus James Ramsey III, a 24-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force in the prefecture, over a fatal vehicle collision in January 2011. At the hearing, Ramsey admitted to a charge of negligent driving resulting in death. He has been indicted in the first application of newly agreed arrangements between Japan and the United States on personnel at U.S. bases. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 19, 2011, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the fourth round of the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 23, 2012, advancing to the quarterfinals. He is scheduled to face Briton Andy Murray in his first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal match. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Hiroko Hatta, a former House of Councillors member, hits the streets as campaigning kicks off in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 23, 2011. Hatta is the recommended candidate of the Japanese Communist Party in the election, which is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring. (Kyodo)

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Tunisia unrest

TUNIS, Tunisia - A high school student holds a message demanding Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi step down in a number of languages during a demonstration in Tunis on Jan. 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows crowds of people walking on a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara district, which is popular with shoppers and tourists for its cluster of shops selling electronics gadgets, on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone, which reopened the same day, had been closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured in June 2008. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Hitoshi Sugiyama, a former Nagoya city assembly member, attends an election event as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring. (Kyodo)