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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 Meng Wenchao, who is a senior high school student, posing for a photo at home in front of a wall full of his certificates of merit on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Wenchao (1st L) walking on his way home on Sept. 5, 2012 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) in Nonglei 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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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanhai, who is making a living in Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo by a road when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Xuanhai (1st R) playing table tennis on Dec. 27, 2012 (below) 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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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai studies in a classroom at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are seen at their dormitory at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Body of famed Japanese climber killed in Russia returns home

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The coffin containing famed Japanese climber Haruhisa Watanabe arrives at his family's home in the town of Mori, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3, 2013. Watanabe, 31, died on Dec. 26, 2012, in a traffic accident in Russia's Murmansk region during a cycling expedition through Central Asia. In 2004, when aged 22, he became the youngest Japanese to scale the tallest peaks of the seven continents.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Japanese actor Watanabe

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26, 2012. He gave a speech about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos the previous day.

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee is pictured at a press conference in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012. Second-tier English Championship club Southampton said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further year.

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Japan food, culture promoted in Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - More than 600 people visited the ''Japan Night,'' a Japan-hosted event to promote the country's food and culture in the eastern Swiss mountain resort of Davos for participants of the World Economic Forum on Jan. 26, 2012.

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee (L) and Southampton manager Nigel Adkins shake hands in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012, after a press conference. The second-tier English Championship club said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with them with the option for a further year.

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6 months till London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - People gather in front of the Olympic countdown clock, showing the exact time left before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in London's Trafalgar Square on Jan. 26, 2012. The Summer Games will run from July 27 until Aug. 12, 2012.

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NEC to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Nobuhiro Endo holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012. Endo said the company will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide -- 7,000 domestic and 3,000 overseas -- in the first half of fiscal 2012. The measure is part of NEC's restructuring as its earnings have deteriorated due to the effects of the massive flooding in Thailand and sluggish mobile phone business.

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IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons (2nd from L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear installation safety division who heads the IAEA's safety assessment review team, speaks in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2012, ahead of inspecting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Fujifilm's mirrorless digital camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Fujifilm Corp.'s X-Pro1, the company's first digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012. Fujifilm plans to release the camera in Japan on Feb. 18 and later in overseas markets.

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Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crowned cranes gather in a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 26, 2012. The cranes are designated as special national natural treasures.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. Its operator, Narita International Airport Corp., said Jan. 26, 2012, that the combined number of Japanese passengers using the airport for outbound and inbound international flights stood at about 1,276,000 in December, marking the first year-on-year rise after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Toyota's new Lexus GS sedan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a new GS sedan model of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus premium brand in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 26, 2012.

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NTT Docomo service disruption

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Iwasaki (L), executive vice president of NTT Docomo Inc., bows with others at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012, in apology for the previous day's disruption of the company's texting and mobile phone services. The mobile phone service operator said the trouble was due to data traffic through packet-switching equipment exceeding processing capability.

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IAEA team at Oi nuclear power plant

FUKUI, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency officials observe a drill on activating an emergency electricity generator at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Jan. 26, 2012. An IAEA delegation inspected two idled reactors at the power complex to check whether Japan has conducted reactor stress tests appropriately in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NTT Docomo service disruption

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Iwasaki (L), executive vice president of NTT Docomo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012, on the previous day's disruption of the company's texting and mobile phone services. The mobile phone service operator said the trouble was due to data traffic through packet-switching equipment exceeding processing capability.

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011, shows the charred lower part of a gate at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A man arrested after tossing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, said he set a fire to the shrine gate in Tokyo, but that claim is yet to be confirmed.

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Kuroda signs with Yankees

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in the Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform. The New York Yankees officially announced a one-year pact with the free agent right-handed starter on Jan. 26, 2012. Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 32 starts for the Dodgers the previous season.

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Senegalese singer N'Dour

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2000 shows prominent Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. According to Reuters, N'Dour announced on Nov. 26, 2011, the cancellation of concert dates from Jan. 2, 2012, as he would be entering politics, but did not say whether he would run in Senegal's presidential election slated for February.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crowned cranes gather in a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 26, 2012. The cranes are designated as special national natural treasures. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targ

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targ

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targ

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit. (Kyodo)

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011, shows the charred lower part of a gate at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A man arrested after tossing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, said he set a fire to the shrine gate in Tokyo, but that claim is yet to be confirmed. (Kyodo)

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IAEA chief Amano

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 26, 2011, shows Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Amano said on Jan. 28, 2012, that the IAEA plans to open a branch office in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at the request of the Japanese government. (Kyodo)

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Japanese actor Watanabe

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26, 2012. He gave a speech about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee is pictured at a press conference in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012. Second-tier English Championship club Southampton said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further year. (Kyodo)

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Kuroda signs with Yankees

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in the Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform. The New York Yankees officially announced a one-year pact with the free agent right-handed starter on Jan. 26, 2012. Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 32 starts for the Dodgers the previous season. (Kyodo)

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IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons (2nd from L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear installation safety division who heads the IAEA's safety assessment review team, speaks in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2012, ahead of inspecting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kyodo)

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Japan food, culture promoted in Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - More than 600 people visited the ''Japan Night,'' a Japan-hosted event to promote the country's food and culture in the eastern Swiss mountain resort of Davos for participants of the World Economic Forum on Jan. 26, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee (L) and Southampton manager Nigel Adkins shake hands in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012, after a press conference. The second-tier English Championship club said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with them with the option for a further year. (Kyodo)

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014. (Kyodo)

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6 months till London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - People gather in front of the Olympic countdown clock, showing the exact time left before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in London's Trafalgar Square on Jan. 26, 2012. The Summer Games will run from July 27 until Aug. 12, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. Its operator, Narita International Airport Corp., said Jan. 26, 2012, that the combined number of Japanese passengers using the airport for outbound and inbound international flights stood at about 1,276,000 in December, marking the first year-on-year rise after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Toyota's new Lexus GS sedan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a new GS sedan model of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus premium brand in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 26, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Fujifilm's mirrorless digital camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Fujifilm Corp.'s X-Pro1, the company's first digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012. Fujifilm plans to release the camera in Japan on Feb. 18 and later in overseas markets. (Kyodo)

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NEC to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Nobuhiro Endo holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012. Endo said the company will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide -- 7,000 domestic and 3,000 overseas -- in the first half of fiscal 2012. The measure is part of NEC's restructuring as its earnings have deteriorated due to the effects of the massive flooding in Thailand and sluggish mobile phone business. (Kyodo)

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Man charged in 2010 driving rampage at Mazda plants

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2010, shows former Mazda Motor Corp. seasonal worker Toshiaki Hikiji being escorted to Hirohima Minami Police Station in Hiroshima Prefecture. Hikiji pleaded guilty in court on Jan. 26, 2012, to hitting and injuring eight people with a car at two Mazda plants in Hiroshima Prefecture in June 2010, but said he was innocent of the death of one other man and causing injuries to two others in the incident. (Kyodo)

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IAEA team at Oi nuclear power plant

FUKUI, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency officials observe a drill on activating an emergency electricity generator at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Jan. 26, 2012. An IAEA delegation inspected two idled reactors at the power complex to check whether Japan has conducted reactor stress tests appropriately in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)