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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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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako enjoy folklore show

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the National Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014, to appreciate traditional songs and dances from Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which suffered serious damage from the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami. The event was held to support reconstruction efforts in the prefectures.

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Commemorating war dead on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of a ceremony including kin of Japanese soldiers who perished in the World War II battle on Iwoto Island offer flowers to commemorate them on the island on Jan. 25, 2012. The annual ceremony by the Tokyo metropolitan government is usually held in spring or summer but the fiscal 2011 ceremony was postponed due to a water shortage on the Pacific island, about 1,200 kilometers south of central Tokyo, and the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan records 1st trade deficit in 31 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant producing vehicles for export in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The Japanese government said Jan. 25, 2012, that the country recorded its first annual trade deficit in 31 years in 2011 amid slowing exports, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the strength of the yen, and a gloomier outlook for the world economy as a result of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

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Cannabis in musical instruments

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows smuggled cannabis resin, which had been hidden inside ethnic Indian musical instruments, and the instruments at a police station in Fukuoka Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012, confiscated by the Fukuoka prefectural police. The police suspect the cannabis was smuggled from India as it was hidden in the instruments when the cargo arrived in Japan in November 2011. The police have arrested gang member Shoji Kasahara on suspicion of possessing the cannabis for the purpose of selling.

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Injured Kagawa returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa, wheelchair-bound due to a foot injury he suffered during Japan's Asian Cup semifinal shootout victory over South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011, arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on returning to Japan from Germany on Jan. 29, 2011, for surgery and rehabilitation.

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Kagawa out of final with broken foot

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's striker Shinji Kagawa returns to the bench after he was substituted during an Asian Cup semifinal match against South Korea on Jan. 25, 2011, which Japan won after a penalty shootout. The Japan Football Association said Kagawa suffered a broken right metatarsal in the match and will miss the Asian Cup final against Australia.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) scores against South Korea during extra time of an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won after a penalty shootout.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - South Korea defender Hwang Jae Won (L) scores an equalizer against Japan during extra time of an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won after a penalty shootout.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima saves a penalty by South Korea midfielder Lee Yong Rae (6) during a penalty shootout in an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won the match.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) and South Korea coach Cho Kwang Rae embrace after Japan beat South Korea in an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan players celebrate after beating South Korea in an Asian Cup semifinal match after a penalty shootout in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - South Korean midfielder Koo Ja Cheol (front) tackles Japanese midfielder Yasuhito Endo during the second half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (R back) scores during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal against South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Bird flu in Kagoshima Pref.

IZUMI, Japan - People in protective clothing close a road near a poultry farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2011, after eight chickens at the farm tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary test following outbreaks of a highly lethal strain of the avian flu in the neighboring prefecture of Miyazaki.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima saves a penalty by South Korea midfielder Koo Ja Cheol (13) during a penalty shootout in an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won the match.

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France pressures Japan to join Hague Convention

PARIS, France - Richard Yung, a member of the French Senate, talks about a parliamentary resolution he has crafted urging Japan to join the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction at a press conference in Paris on Jan. 25, 2011. The Japanese government set up a task force to examine whether to join the international convention on child custody disputes.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe (L) and South Korean midfielder Park Ji Sung compete for the ball during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese goal keeper Eiji Kawashima (R) pulls off a save as South Korean forward Ji Dong Won (10) and Japanese defender Yasuyuki Konno (4) look on during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (R) and Yuto Nagatomo (L) celebrate Maeda's goal during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa (C) fires a shot while South Korean defender Cho Yong Hyung (4) tries to block it during the second half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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NHK's new president Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, a former vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks during a press conference at public broadcaster NHK's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, after assuming his new post as president of NHK. Matsumoto is the second person in a row to be selected from a private organization to assume the top post of Japan Broadcasting Corp.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (18) goes up for the ball during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal against South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - South Korean midfielder Ki Sung Yong scores a penalty during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal against Japan in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan vs S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Supporters cheer for the Japanese soccer team at a stadium in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011, before the start of an Asian Cup semifinal between Japan and South Korea.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (L) gets in a header during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal against South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Antigovernment demonstration in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, protest over the government's handling of the border issue with Cambodia on Jan. 25, 2011, in Bangkok.

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Kan speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. Kan said he will listen to various opinions about the budget for the upcoming fiscal year and related bills at Diet sessions.

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Bird flu in Kagoshima Pref.

IZUMI, Japan - A city official of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, puts on protective clothing at the city office on Jan. 25, 2011, after eight chickens at a poultry farm in the city tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary test following outbreaks of a highly lethal strain of the avian flu in the neighboring prefecture of Miyazaki.

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200-inch 3-D screen

KYOTO, Japan - A woman stands in front of a 200-inch 3-D screen, the largest in the world, at a research institute in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology's Keihanna Research Laboratories announced the same day that it has developed technology to allow viewers to experience 3-D images on the screen without the use of special glasses.

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Nissan Leaf electric vehicle production

TOKYO, Japan - Workers assemble a Leaf electric vehicle at Nissan Motor Co.'s plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker is aiming to produce 10,000 units of the EV through March.

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2011 Japan Prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Prize laureates (from L) Toshio Hirano, dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, professor emeritus at Osaka University, and Kenneth Thompson, an engineer at Google Inc., pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, as the year's winner of the Japan Prize Foundation award. Kishimoto and Hirano discovered interleukin 6, leading to the development of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, while Thompson, together with fellow award recipient Dennis Ritchie, developed the UNIX operating system.

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NHK's board chairman resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiro Komaru, chairman of public broadcaster NHK's board of governors, speaks at a press conference to announce his resignation at the broadcaster's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. Komaru apparently assumed responsibility for the messy process to select a new NHK president.

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Control room for No. 5 reactor at Hamaoka nuclear plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 25, 2011, shows personnel working in the control room for the No. 5 reactor at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., is planning to restart the No. 3 reactor at the plant, currently undergoing regular checks, in July to ensure stable power supplies in the summer.

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Monks in snow

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Mendicant monks chant a Buddhist sutra in the Koyasan area, regarded as part of the sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the Kii mountain range, in Wakayama Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Australian lefty joins Giants under player development contract

TOKYO, Japan - Australian lefty Adam Bright, who signed with the Yomiuri Giants under a player development contract, poses for photos in his new uniform during a press conference on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Violent monkey caught again

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Japanese macaque named Lucky is caught and returned to its cage at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2011, a day after it escaped. The monkey was first captured in October 2010 for violent attacks on people and was kept at the park.

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Electric vehicle battery recycling

OSAKA, Japan - A demonstrator charges Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV using a recycled lithium-ion battery at a charging station in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp., as well as two other firms unveiled a new method to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the carmaker's electric vehicles.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A worker disinfects a Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle which arrived Jan. 25, 2011 at a poultry farm in the town of Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture where a highly virulent flu virus was detected.

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BOJ policy board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends the second day of a two-day policy meeting at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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BOJ policy board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - The Bank of Japan holds the second day of a two-day policy meeting at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, S. Korea face off in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Combination photo shows Alberto Zaccheroni (L), coach of Japan's national soccer team, and South Korean coach Cho Kwang Rae. The two countries are scheduled to face each other in an Asian Cup semifinal on Jan. 25, 2011.