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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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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan, a member of Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), a non-governmental organization founded in 2014, donates books to students while promoting the habit of reading at a school in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Examples of foreign literature published in Japanese in 2014 that are eligible for nomination for the "Best Translation Award," newly established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding, are shown on Jan. 5, 2015. Readers can nominate works for consideration via the award's website until Jan. 31 and the winner will be decided in April.

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Air pollution continues in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A woman wears a mask as she walks in China's capital on Jan. 5, 2015, although the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau unveiled the previous day that levels of PM2.5, airborne particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter and a major air pollutant, declined in 2014 by 4 percent from 2013.

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Imperial Palace lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Imperial Palace is lit up on Dec. 23, 2014, the 81st birthday of Emperor Akihito. The third annual winter-time illumination, which began the same day, will be in place until Jan. 4 between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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Imperial Palace lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Imperial Palace is lit up on Dec. 23, 2014, the 81st birthday of Emperor Akihito. The third annual winter-time illumination, which began the same day, will be in place until Jan. 4 between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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Panasonic unveils smartphone-controlled lighting switches

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. unveils on Nov. 5, 2014, switches for controlling lighting equipment via smartphone for sale from Jan. 21, 2015.

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STAP cells paper co-author Sasai commits suicide

KOBE, Japan - File photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, in the western Japan city of Kobe shows Yoshiki Sasai (R), deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, and Riken scientist Haruko Obokata announcing their research on so-called STAP cells. Sasai, a co-author of STAP research papers, committed suicide on Aug. 5 at Riken. Obokata is the lead author of the two controversial papers.

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7 Japanese divers missing off Bali since Feb. 14

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2014, shows a beach on Nusa Lembongan off the southeastern coast of Bali, Indonesia. Local police said on Feb. 15 that seven Japanese women -- five tourists and two diving instructors -- have been missing since the previous day while diving in waters near Lembongan.

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7 Japanese divers missing off Bali since Feb. 14

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2014, shows Nusa Lembongan off the southeastern coast of Bali, Indonesia. Local police said on Feb. 15 that seven Japanese women -- five tourists and two diving instructors -- have been missing since the previous day while diving in waters near Lembongan.

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Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 19, 2014 shows Matashichi Oishi (L), a former crew member of the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, and his daughter, Yoshiko Tanaka, standing in front of the trawler preserved and displayed at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall run by the Tokyo metropolitan government in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The tuna fishing boat was exposed to nuclear fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954, while fishing about 160 kilometers east of the atoll.

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Sven Kramer wins men's 5,000m speedskating

SOCHI, Russia - Gold medalist Sven Kramer Dutch (C) celebrates with compatriots Jorrit Bergsma (L), bronze medalist, and Jan Blokhuijsen (R), silver medalist, on the podium during a ceremony for the men's 5,000-meter speedskating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Nissan's new Teana

TOKYO, Japan - Andy Palmer (L) and Takao Katagiri, executive vice presidents of Nissan Motor Co., stand by a new model of Nissan's Teana sedan in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014. The automaker announced the same day it will launch the third-generation Teana on Feb. 5 across Japan.

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Nissan's new Teana

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a new model of Nissan Motor Co.'s Teana sedan in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014. The automaker announced the same day it will launch the third-generation Teana on Feb. 5 across Japan.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) defeats No. 5 maegashira Shohozan at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2014, the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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New Year tea ceremony

NARA, Japan - Worshipers at Saidai-ji, a temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, enjoy green tea served in cups with a diameter of 30-40 centimeters and weighing about 5 kilograms, at an annual New Year tea ceremony on Jan. 15, 2014.

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New Year tea ceremony

NARA, Japan - Worshipers at Saidai-ji, a temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, enjoy green tea served in cups with a diameter of 30-40 centimeters and weighing about 5 kilograms, at an annual New Year tea ceremony on Jan. 15, 2014.

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Tanihara at Sony Open

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Hideto Tanihara acknowledges the crowd during the second round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Jan. 10, 2014. Tanihara moved into a tie for second one stroke behind the leader after firing a 5-under-par 65.

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Tanihara at Sony Open

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Hideto Tanihara plays in the second round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Jan. 10, 2014. Tanihara moved into a tie for second one stroke behind the leader after firing a 5-under-par 65.

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Commentator Morimoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1984 shows Tetsuro Morimoto. Morimoto, a former journalist who became a travel writer and a commentator, died Jan. 5, 2014, of heart failure at his home in Tokyo. He was 88.

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Ecuador minister

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuadorian Internal Affairs Minister Jose Serrano meets Japanese reporters in Quito on Jan. 5, 2014, on a recent fatal shooting of a Japanese couple.

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AC Milan coach

MILAN, Italy - AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri holds a press conference near Milan, Italy, on Jan. 5, 2014, on the recruitment of Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda to the Serie A soccer club.

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Harbin ice festival

HARBIN, China - The annual ice festival begins in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Harbin ice festival

HARBIN, China - The annual ice festival begins in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Harbin ice festival

HARBIN, China - The annual ice festival begins in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Kim wins S. Korean national championships

GOYANG, South Korea - Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na performs in the free skate at the South Korean national championships in Goyang on Jan. 5, 2014. The 23-year-old Kim won the meet with 227.86 points, just 0.70 off the world record of 228.56 she set at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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Harbin ice festival

HARBIN, China - The annual ice festival begins in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Kim wins S. Korean national championships

GOYANG, South Korea - Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na waves after winning the South Korean national championships in Goyang on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Kim wins S. Korean national championships

GOYANG, South Korea - Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na performs in the free skate at the South Korean national championships in Goyang on Jan. 5, 2014. The 23-year-old Kim won the meet with 227.86 points, just 0.70 off the world record of 228.56 she set at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Sushi made from a bluefin tuna that was bought for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014, is offered later the same day at the nearby flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Kim wins S. Korean national championships

GOYANG, South Korea - Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na performs in the free skate at the South Korean national championships in Goyang on Jan. 5, 2014. The 23-year-old Kim won the meet with 227.86 points, just 0.70 off the world record of 228.56 she set at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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Ice swimming in Harbin

HARBIN, China - Photo shows a man who took part in a swimming competition in a hole dug in the ice in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014. The annual ice festival began later that day in the city.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Children eat sushi made from a bluefin tuna at the flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2014. The fish was bought earlier in the day for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at the nearby Tsukiji fish market.

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Ice swimming in Harbin

HARBIN, China - Swimmers plunge into a hole dug in the ice in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Jan. 5, 2014. The annual ice festival began later that day in the city.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by company President Mitsunobu Kojima during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office." Her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced at the ceremony.

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Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is presented with a new station master's cap during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office," as her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of the year is held at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014. A 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 7.36 million yen, or 32,000 yen per kilogram.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of the year is held at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014. A 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 7.36 million yen, or 32,000 yen per kilogram.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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STAP cells paper co-author Sasai commits suicide

KOBE, Japan - File photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, in the western Japan city of Kobe shows Yoshiki Sasai (R), deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, and Riken scientist Haruko Obokata announcing their research on so-called STAP cells. Sasai, a co-author of STAP research papers, committed suicide on Aug. 5 at Riken. Obokata is the lead author of the two controversial papers. (Kyodo)

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Embassy of Romania in Prague

***FILE PHOTO*** Embassy of Romania in Prague, Czech Republic, pictured on January 5, 2014. (CTK Photo/Jan Homolka)

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Japan shogi master Habu

File photo shows Yoshiharu Habu, a master of the Japanese board game shogi and the nation's top chess player, taking on former world chess champion Garry Kasparov of Russia in a special match in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2014. The Japanese government said Jan. 5, 2018, it will confer the People's Honor Award on Habu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo