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

File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki of the New York Yankees taking batting position in a game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on July 23, 2012. 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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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Lan Tiande (1st R) on his way to school on Sept. 3, 2012 (L) and Lan Tiande, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his house when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 23, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Nikkei ends lowest since Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 8,556.60 on May 23, 2012, its lowest closing since Jan. 18, when it ended at 8,550.58.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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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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New building for Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a building the Japanese government has constructed in Beijing for use as the new Japanese Embassy. The six-story building with one underground floor was completed in July the previous year, but the Chinese authorities have yet to grant permission for using it, claiming it was illegally built.

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Snow falls in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow falls as people walk on a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area on the evening of Jan. 23, 2012. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of snowfall through the following day in a wide area of the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern and central Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Chartered flight between Changsha, Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Local Awaodori dancers (front) welcome visitors from China as the first regular chartered flight from Changsha in Hunan Province arrives at Tokushima airport in western Japan on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children jump rope in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the date marking Lunar New Year on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans line up to offer flowers at a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on the date marking Lunar New Year on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Baseball training

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows right-hander Hitoshi Yamamoto in a white kimono performs cold water ablutions by a waterfall for training in chilly weather at a Buddhist temple in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Darvish returns home

NARITA, Japan - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012, after a press conference in Texas.

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Defense chief Tanaka meets Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hands written requests regarding U.S. military bases in the prefecture to new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 23, 2012.

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PM Noda meets astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) holds framed photographs and memorabilia presented by compatriot astronauts (from L) Akihiko Hoshide and Satoshi Furukawa at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Defense chief Tanaka meets Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (far L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) hold talks at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 23, 2012, over a controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture.

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IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division.

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IAEA team meets with Japan nuclear agency officials

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Kuroki (far L), deputy director-general for nuclear power at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks in the agency's first meeting with a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31.

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Ozeki Baruto at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto smiles during a press conference at the Onoe stable in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012, a day after the grand finale of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Baruto won the tournament with a 14-1 record.

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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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New president of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Tatsuo Wakabayashi, senior managing director of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. The trust bank will promote Wakabayashi to president on April 1, 2012, company sources said Jan. 23. The company will decide on the appointments at a board meeting to be held later January, they said.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara holds the championship trophy after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara is seen after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Reporters gather in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, following the recapture by police of Chinese convict Li Guolin in the area two days after he escaped from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005.

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Snow falls in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow falls as people walk on a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area on the evening of Jan. 23, 2012. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of snowfall through the following day in a wide area of the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern and central Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei ends lowest since Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 8,556.60 on May 23, 2012, its lowest closing since Jan. 18, when it ended at 8,550.58. (Kyodo)

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds. (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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New building for Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a building the Japanese government has constructed in Beijing for use as the new Japanese Embassy. The six-story building with one underground floor was completed in July the previous year, but the Chinese authorities have yet to grant permission for using it, claiming it was illegally built. (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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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children jump rope in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the date marking Lunar New Year on Jan. 23, 2012. (Kyodo)

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New president of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Tatsuo Wakabayashi, senior managing director of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. The trust bank will promote Wakabayashi to president on April 1, 2012, company sources said Jan. 23. The company will decide on the appointments at a board meeting to be held later January, they said. (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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Darvish returns home

NARITA, Japan - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012, after a press conference in Texas. (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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Baseball training

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows right-hander Hitoshi Yamamoto in a white kimono performs cold water ablutions by a waterfall for training in chilly weather at a Buddhist temple in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans line up to offer flowers at a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on the date marking Lunar New Year on Jan. 23, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Chartered flight between Changsha, Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Local Awaodori dancers (front) welcome visitors from China as the first regular chartered flight from Changsha in Hunan Province arrives at Tokushima airport in western Japan on Jan. 23, 2012. (Kyodo)

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IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division. (Kyodo)