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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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'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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Elephant in Chiba Pref. zoo draws picture

CHIBA, Japan - Asian elephant Yumeka holds a brush in her trunk and draws a picture of her father on a bag at the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom, a zoo in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2012. The bag will be put up for auction, with the proceeds going to areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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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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Environment Minister Hosono inspects debris storage site

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono, who concurrently serves as nuclear disaster minister, inspects on Jan. 28, 2012, a temporary storage site for debris created by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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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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U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard speaks in front of a storm-damaged house in her East Haven, Connecticut neighborhood on Jan. 4, 2012. Hurricane Irene struck the area on Aug. 28, 2011, destroying at least 25 houses and causing extensive damage. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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Raw meat sushi bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of women are seen at restaurant Nikuzushi (meat sushi), which specializes in raw meat, including beef, chicken, pork, deer and horse meat, in Tokyo's Ebisu district on Jan. 28, 2011. At least 60 percent of customers at the restaurant, which opened in May 2010, are women, with many of them around 30 years old, according to its operator Spice Works.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010, expressing his will to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to explain his alleged involvement in a funds scandal. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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Celeb-drawing Kyoto hotel closes

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2011, shows Hotel Fujita Kyoto, which closed Jan. 29 after hosting many celebrities including Japanese movie stars Yujiro Ishihara and Ken Takakura during its 41-year history in Kyoto, one of Japan's premier tourist destinations.

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Protesters in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Anti-government demonstrators face off with riot police in central Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Eve of Asian Cup final

DOHA, Qatar - Japan national soccer team captain Makoto Hasebe (L) and manager Alberto Zaccheroni attend a press conference in Doha on Jan. 28, 2011, ahead of an Asian Cup final match against Australia the next day.

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Protesters in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Anti-government demonstrators flee after clashing with riot police in central Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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U.N. urges Pyongyang to reinvestigate abduction cases

TOKYO, Japan - Marzuki Darusman, the U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011. Darusman urged Pyongyang to fulfill its promise made in August 2008 to reinvestigate its past abductions of Japanese nationals, stressing the need to swiftly resolve the issue as the victims and their families get old.

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Suntory eyeing wealthy Chinese

TOKYO, Japan - Nobutada Saji, president of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011. Saji said Suntory will seek to boost annual sales in China to 100 billion yen from the current 30 billion yen by stepping up marketing of vintage wines, health foods and other high-quality products for wealthy Chinese people.

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Settlement plan for Iressa drug damages suits rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa announces the government's decision to reject a court settlement plan for damages suits over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa in a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Off to Davos

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Banri Kaieda, minister of economy, trade and industry, wave as they depart from Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011, for the Swiss resort of Davos to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

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Issey Miyake honored by Hiroshima

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion designer Issey Miyake shows a certificate issued by the city of Hiroshima bestowing on him the title of honorary citizen at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011. The city praised Miyake's efforts to call for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. The 72-year-old designer was 7 when he survived the atomic bombing of the western Japan city in 1945.

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Icebreaker in Sea of Okhotsk

OBIHIRO, Japan - The icebreaker Aurora, carrying tourists to view drift ice, plows its way in the Sea of Okhotsk on Jan. 28, 2011, after leaving the port of Abashiri in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011.

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Mazda to supply Premacy minivan to Nissan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s Premacy minivan. Mazda will begin supplying Premacy to Nissan Motor Co. in May 2011 for sale under the Nissan brand, the two automakers said on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Kan in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a House of Councillors plenary session at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on Dec. 28, 2010. Higashikokubaru said he has not decided on his future course after the end of his term on Jan. 20, 2011, denying media reports that he is likely to run in a Tokyo gubernatorial election in the spring of 2011.