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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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Tohoku mayors announce plans for joint 'Rokkon' festival

YAMAGATA, Japan - The mayors of six prefectural capitals in the Tohoku region, northern Japan, gather in the city of Yamagata on Jan. 30, 2014, to announce plans for this year's Tohoku Rokkon (six-soul) Festival. Bringing six major local gala events, the festival started for the repose of victims' soul and promotion of reconstruction work following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster prevention center torn down in Kamaishi, Japan

KAMAISHI, Japan - A disaster prevention center in the Unosumai district of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where many local residents died in the March 2011 tsunami after taking refuge there, is being torn down on Jan. 11, 2014. Bereaved family members frequented the facility to offer prayers at an alter set up inside, but the building's demolition was completed in February. A facility commemorating the victims is scheduled to be built at the site.

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'Amachan' event in Yokohama for Iwate's reconstruction

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Iwate Prefecture and Yokohama City hold an event in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2014, to support the reconstruction of Iwate Prefecture damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. Two staff members wear costumes popularized in a recent Japanese TV drama series ''Amachan,'' a story about the ama (female divers) in Iwate Prefecture.

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Poster project to support disaster-hit areas

MIYAKO, Japan - About 150 people gather for a photo shoot in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2012, for the poster project ''A Beacon of Rebirth'' which aims to support the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The levee in the back was swallowed by the tsunami on March 11, 2011. The proceeds from sales of the posters will be donated to disaster-hit municipalities.

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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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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Memorial forest planned in Kesennuma

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2012, shows Mt. Amba in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, where the construction of a memorial forest is under planning to commemorate the March 2011 quake and tsunami victims.

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Astronaut Furukawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2012. He returned to Earth in November 2011 aboard a Soyuz space capsule after completing a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Tokyo jazz record shop boasts 100,000 CDs, LPs

TOKYO, Japan - A man shops inside ''diskunion JazzTokyo,'' which claims to be one of the world's largest jazz record shops with some 100,000 new and used CDs and LPs, in Tokyo's Ochanomizu area on Jan. 11, 2011.

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Kenwood's high definition navigation system

TOKYO, Japan - Photo show Kenwood Corp.'s new car navigation system ''Avenue'', which can display high definition images and maps. The company said Jan. 11, 2011, it will release Avenue MDV-727DT and MDV-626DT in February at nominal prices of 15,000 yen and 13,000 yen, respectively.

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Anonymous gifts for children

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2011, shows toys donated to the welfare center of the Saga prefectural government in Saga, southwestern Japan, by an anonymous donor under the name ''Naoto Date,'' a cartoon pro wrestler who fights wearing a tiger mask. Anonymous donations of cash, books, school bags and other items for children, mostly to facilities for underprivileged children, under the names of ''Tiger Mask'' and other cartoon heroes have been spreading across Japan since the Christmas period.

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N. Korean IRBMs at 2010 military parade

BEIJING, China - Photo shows what appear to be North Korea's ''Musudan'' intermediate-range ballistic missiles at a military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told journalists in Beijing on Jan. 11, 2011, that the North could pose a direct threat to the United States within five years if it continues to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles and expand its nuclear weapons capability.

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Anonymous donations for children

YAMAGATA, Japan - The head of a nursery in Yamagata city, northeastern Japan, shows 100,000 yen and an envelope on Jan. 11, 2011, which the nursery received from an anonymous donor who listed the name of a cartoon hero. Anonymous donations of cash, school bags and other items for children, especially to facilities for underprivileged children, under the names of cartoon hero Tiger Mask and others have been spreading across Japan since the Christmas season.

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Japanese Defense Minister Kitazawa in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa meet in Seoul on Jan. 11, 2011. Kitazawa expressed his eagerness to boost defense cooperation between the countries, while Kim appeared cautious about rushing the process, given South Korean sensitivity about Japan's past colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Japanese Defense Minister Kitazawa in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa shake hands in Seoul on Jan. 11, 2011, prior to their meeting. Kitazawa expressed his eagerness to boost defense cooperation between the countries, while Kim appeared cautious about rushing the process, given South Korean sensitivity about Japan's past colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Anonymous gifts for children

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2011, shows children's books donated to Nagasaki Prefecture's support center for children, women and handicapped people in Sasebo, southwestern Japan, by an anonymous donor under the name ''Naoto Date,'' a cartoon pro wrestler who fights wearing a tiger mask. Anonymous donations of cash, books, school bags and other items for children, mostly to facilities for underprivileged children, under the names of ''Tiger Mask'' and other cartoon heroes have been spreading across Japan since the Christmas period.

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JAL, AA strengthen alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L) and American Airlines President Thomas Horton shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2011. The two agreed to strengthen their partnership through better flight schedules and a wider variety of fares from April following the signing of an ''open skies'' pact by Japan and the United States in the previous year.

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Hakuho beats Aminishiki

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) defeats Aminishiki on Jan. 11, 2011, the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The lone yokozuna who is in the hunt for six consecutive tournament titles stayed unbeaten.

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U.S. flattop in S. Korea

BUSAN, South Korea - The U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson calls at the South Korean naval base in Busan, South Korea, on Jan. 11, 2011.

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Fighters' rookie Saito enters team dorm

CHIBA, Japan - Yuki Saito, the Nippon Ham Fighters' first-round draft pick, arrives at the team's dormitory in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2011, ahead of its voluntary rookie training camp starting the following day.

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Prius sets sales record

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius gas-electric hybrid car. Industry data showed Jan. 11, 2011 that the vehicle sold 315,669 units in Japan in 2010, breaking the nation's annual sales record for a single model for the first time in 20 years. The previous record was 300,008 unit sales posted by Toyota's Corolla in 1990.

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NHK chief selection

TOKYO, Japan - Former Keio University President Yuichiro Anzai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2011. Anzai said he will not accept the post of president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK.

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Japan minister in Panmunjom

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (C) visits the truce village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea on Jan. 11, 2011.

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Japan minister in Panmunjom

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (2nd from L) visits a building of the Military Armistice Commission in the truce village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea on Jan. 11, 2011.

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Japan minister in Panmunjom

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (front L) visits the truce village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea on Jan. 11, 2011.

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011.

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Honda unveils CR-Z hybrid in Detroit auto show

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co.'s new hybrid sports car, the 2011 CR-Z, is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 11, 2010. The Japanese automaker is aiming to sell the two-seater in North America.