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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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1,000 banners project to promote Sanriku oysters

SENDAI, Japan - A banner is set up in front of a restaurant in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2014, to promote oysters from the Sanriku region in northeastern Japan. Oyster farmers in Miyagi Prefecture are distributing banners to restaurants and shops for free as part of "Sanriku oyster 1,000 banners project" to promote Sanriku oysters, since shipments of the local specialty have yet to recover to levels prior to the 2011 disaster.

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Tsunami-damaged railways

MORIOKA, Japan - Sanriku Railway Co. President Masahiko Mochizuki (C) holds a press conference in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2014. The railway operator will fully resume services on its two railway lines in Iwate Prefecture in April 2014, three years after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada heads to a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. He and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier will face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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M'bishi Electric inflates fees for gov't

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows a building housing the head office of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Tokyo. The company said Jan. 27, 2012, it had overcharged on projects ordered by the Defense Ministry, the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada stands up after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Yamada and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Yamada and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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Tokyo Marathon women's winner disqualified over doping

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tatiana Aryasova of Russia finishing first in the women's race of the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 27, 2011. Race organizers said Jan. 24, 2012, that it had been informed of an anti-doping rule violation by Aryasova and declared Noriko Higuchi of Japan as the winner of the race.

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Toilet-themed restaurant in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A waitress at Beijing's popular toilet-themed restaurant holds ice cream served in a bowl resembling a toilet on Jan. 27, 2011. The owner of the eatery said he wants young people to come to the restaurant to relieve their stress and relax by sitting on toilet-shaped seats. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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Foreign investors making inroads to hot spring resorts

KOFU, Japan - Chinese tourists have dinner at a banquet room at a Japanese-style inn run by a Chinese businessman (L) who uses the Japanese name Ryunosuke Hayashi, in the Isawa hot spring resort area in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011.

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Photographer captures WWII survivors in Japan, Germany

NEW YORK, United States - New York photographer Paule Saviano holds a photo he took of Tokyo firebomb survivor Michiko Kiyooka as part of his exhibit, ''From Above: Dresden/Tokyo'' shown in both cities through February 2011. Photo was taken during an interview with Kyodo News in Manhattan on Jan. 27, 2011.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Combined photo taken from a helicopter on Jan. 27, 2011 (top), Jan. 31 (middle) and Feb. 2 shows the growth of a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Flood victims in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A man and a boy stand in front of a tent at a camp shelter for flood evacuees in northwestern Pakistan on Jan. 27, 2011. Over 160,000 people still live in shelters about six months after the disaster.

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Japan prince in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Japanese Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (L) attend a reception in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2011, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Costa Rica.

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Protests in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Former International Atomic Energy Agency Director General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei answers reporters' questions as he arrives at Cairo airport in Egypt on Jan. 27, 2011.

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Zaccheroni comments on Kagawa's injury

DOHA, Qatar - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni speaks to reporters in Doha on Jan. 27, 2011, about midfielder Shinji Kagawa, who will miss the Jan. 29 Asian Cup final against Australia after injuring his leg.

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HTV2 arrives at space station

TSUKUBA, Japan - Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, celebrate after a robot arm at the International Space Center successfully captured the HTV2 transporter on Jan. 27, 2011. The transporter will deliver about 5.3 tons of cargo to the ISS, including food, water and equipment for use in Japan's Kibo laboratory module.

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Japan, U.S. forces joint exercise

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. soldiers take part in a joint exercise termed Yama Sakura at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto on Jan. 27, 2011. The annual bilateral exercise runs through early February.

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Volcanic eruption in southern Kyushu

TAKAHARU, Japan - A man photographs the erupting Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, in the town of Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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NEC, Lenovo to launch joint PC venture

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's NEC Corp. President Nobuhiro Endo (R) and Yang Yuanqing, CEO of China's Lenovo Group Ltd., shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011, before a press conference. The two companies announced the launch of a joint venture for the Japanese personal computer market through a strategic partnership on the same day.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Sony to release successor to handheld PlayStation

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Kazuo Hirai holds up the successor to the PlayStation Portable handheld game console on Jan. 27, 2011, in Tokyo. The company plans on releasing the product at year-end, which will have both wireless and local networks, as well as third-generation mobile phone connectivity.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Volcanic eruption in southern Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Sony to release successor to handheld PlayStation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows successor to the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PlayStation Portable handheld game console, which was unveiled by the company on Jan. 27, 2011, in Tokyo. The company plans on releasing the product at year-end, which will have both wireless and local networks, as well as third-generation mobile phone connectivity.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of Aichi Prefecture carry out bags containing culled chickens from a poultry house in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011, after chickens at the poultry farm tested positive for avian flu.

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Acquitted gov't official

TOKYO, Japan - Senior welfare ministry official Atsuko Muraki, who was acquitted of a postal abuse charge, takes part in an advisory panel meeting to reform Japan's judicial system on Jan. 27, 2011, at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Muraki, who was wrongly charged by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, urged the government to make the investigative process fully transparent.

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Volcanic eruptions in southern Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Panasonic's new Let's note PC

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Panasonic Corp.'s new Let's note CF-B10 model. The company announced Jan. 27, 2011, that it will start sales of the laptop with a 15.6-inch screen and weighing only 1.88 kilograms from March 11.

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'Panda rabbit' popular in China

BEIJING, China - Pet shop owner Yang Guilan in Beijing shows ''panda rabbits,'' with black ears and black rings around their eyes, on Jan. 27, 2011. Rabbits, especially the panda rabbits, are popular gifts ahead of the Chinese New Year as 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac.

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Cabinet member meeting on bird flu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) speaks about bird flu at a meeting of Cabinet members at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011. The government decided to order prefectural governments nationwide to make poultry farms check sanitary conditions as part of efforts to stop the spread of the disease.

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Turkey chief adviser Kalin

TOKYO, Japan - Ibrahim Kalin, the chief adviser to the Turkish prime minister, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2011. Kalin said Turkey hopes to formalize a deal with Japan on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the northern Turkish city of Sinop within two to three months.

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Chinese dissidents Wu'er and Wang

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese democracy activists Wu'er Kaixi (L) and Wang Dan attend a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2011, after the Hong Kong government declined to issue visas to allow them to take part in a memorial ceremony for veteran democracy campaigner Szeto Wah. The key figures in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests criticized Hong Kong, with Wang commenting, ''The 'one country, two systems' of China and Hong Kong is dead.''

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Injured Kagawa heads back to Germany

DOHA, Qatar - Injured Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa arrives at Doha airport on Jan. 27, 2011. Kagawa, who is with German club Borussia Dortmund, headed to Germany for a medical examination after hurting his left leg during an Asian Cup soccer semifinal against South Korea in the Qatar capital on Jan. 25.

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2 abductees reported alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Shuichi Ichikawa (L) and Rumiko Masumoto, who were abducted by North Korea. Ichikawa's brother Kenichi said Jan. 27, 2011, he obtained information that the two were alive in the country as of 2006, despite Pyongyang's claim that they have already died.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

TAKAHARU, Japan - A volcanic eruption from Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range is seen from Takaharu town in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2011. Smoke and ash continued to spew from the volcano as local officials raised the alert level and banned residents from going within a two kilometer radius of the mountain on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

TAKAHARU, Japan - A volcanic eruption from Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range is seen from Takaharu town in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2011. Smoke and ash continued to spew from the volcano as local officials raised the alert level and banned residents from going within a two kilometer radius of the mountain on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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Comedian completes Eurasia leg of global marathon

QINGDAO, China - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama arrives at a port in Qingdao in Shandong Province, eastern China, on Dec. 27, 2010, completing the Eurasia leg of his run-and-sail ''Earth marathon.'' He is aiming to complete his round the world trip in Osaka on Jan. 21, 2011.