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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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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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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.