Best-selling Japanese author Keigo Higashino dies of cancer

Best-selling Japanese author Keigo Higashino dies of cancer

Japanese mystery author Keigo Higashino holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2006, after winning the prestigious Naoki Prize for "Yogisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X)." The best-selling author, whose works gained wide popularity in South Korea, China and other parts of Asia, died of bowel cancer on July 23, 2026, aged 68.

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.

Mayoral race in Nago kicks off with Futemma relocation key issue

Mayoral race in Nago kicks off with Futemma relocation key issue

NAHA, Japan - Incumbent Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro delivers a speech during a rally in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, as the mayoral election campaign kicked off the same day, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago the top issue. Shimabukuro suggests he will accept its transfer from Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, as Japan and the United States agreed on in 2006.

Police arrest Huser chief over alleged building fraud

Police arrest Huser chief over alleged building fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Police on May 17 arrested Susumu Ojima (in a photo taken on Jan. 17, 2006), president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., over an allegation he had sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture although he knew it was built using fabricated earthquake-resistance data.