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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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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows the turret of the Palace Museum in Beijing, taken in May 2012 (L), and on Jan. 31, 2013 (R). The latter looks dim through dense fog including noxious substances.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows the Palace Museum in Beijing, taken in May 2012 (bottom), and on Jan. 31, 2013 (top). The latter looks dim through dense fog including noxious substances.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows Tiananmen Square in Beijing, taken in November 2012 (bottom), and on Jan. 31, 2013 (top). The latter is shrouded in dense fog including noxious substances.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (C) taking part in a training session in Saga Prefecture in June 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (far R) bows at the end of a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (C) arrives for a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said at the press conference he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation, following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda bows at the start of a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R front) leaves a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) and Kaori Matsumoto after her victory in the women's 57-kilogram division at ExCel during the London Olympics in July 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Nishikori climbs to No. 18 in ATP rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2012, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. He was listed at No. 18 in the latest ATP rankings released on Feb. 13.

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Rabbit cafe in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2012, shows a sign and a rabbit figure in front of ''Usagi Cafe Ohisama'' (rabbit cafe, the sun) in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district.

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Rabbit cafe in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman plays with rabbits at a rabbit cafe, Ra.a.g.f, in Tokyo's Jiyugaoka district on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Sharp's Sakai plant in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo taken Jan. 28, 2012, shows Sharp Corp.'s Sakai plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. The electronics maker said Feb. 1, 2012, the company is likely to fall into the red in the business year ending March 31, 2012, revising its financial results forecast downward due to greater-than-expected price declines in liquid crystal display televisions and solar batteries as well as the global economic slowdown.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Chong Tese with Cologne

COLOGNE, Germany - North Korea striker Chong Tese speaks to reporters after the first practice session at the Bundesliga club Cologne, where he moved to from the second division team Bochum, in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Campbell in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks at an event in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Fukushima village calls on evacuees to return home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, shows an area in Kawauchi, a village in Fukushima Prefecture whose residents were forced to relocate following the nearby nuclear power plant crisis. Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo called on some 2,600 evacuated villagers to return home permanently at a press conference at the prefectural government offices earlier in the day.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Asia currency surveillance

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Wei Benhua, director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, speaks during an interview in Singapore on Jan. 31, 2012. The East Asia currency surveillance body was officially launched that day.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird (marked by circle) on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - Children walk home from elementary school on a street flanked by walls of snow in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - Children walk home from elementary school on a street flanked by walls of snow in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Japan smoking rate falls to record-low 19.5%

TOKYO, Japan - A man smokes a cigarette in an outdoor smoking area near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The smoking rate hit an all-time low of 19.5 percent in Japan in 2010, down 3.9 percentage points from the preceding year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said the same day.

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Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Kirin group to replace presidents of 3 key arms

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kirin Holdings Co. President Senji Miyake, Kirin Brewery Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Isozaki , and Kirin Beverage Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Shuto, shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. Kirin Holdings said it will replace the presidents of its three key subsidies, including Kirin Brewery and Kirin Beverage.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - A worker removes snow around JR Iiyama Station in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Wakabayashi to take helm of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Tatsuo Wakabayashi (R) attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012, as he will succeed Kinya Okauchi (L) as president.

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Frozen waterfall

MITO, Japan - Tourists take photos in front of the frozen Fukuroda Falls in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012.

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1,704 people seek shutdown of Genkai nuclear plant

SAGA, Japan - Akira Hasegawa, former president of Saga University, holds a press conference in Saga city on Jan. 31, 2012, after a group of 1,704 people he leads sued the government and the operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture earlier in the day, demanding that all four reactors at the plant be halted. The 1,704 people from across Japan comprise the largest number of plaintiffs in a pending nuclear-related suit.

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Unrest in Sichuan Province

CHENGDU, China - Police officers patrol an area in Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China, on Jan. 31, 2012, following clashes between ethnic Tibetans and security forces.

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Fukushima village calls on evacuees to return home

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuko Endo, the mayor of Kawauchi, a village in Fukushima Prefecture whose residents were forced to relocate following the nearby nuclear power plant crisis, calls on some 2,600 evacuated villagers to return home permanently at a press conference at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 31, 2012.

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S. Korean striker Ahn retires

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean striker Ahn Jung Hwan announces his retirement from professional soccer at a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 31, 2012. The 36-year-old Ahn was the driving force behind South Korea's stunning run to the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup.

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S. Korean striker Ahn retires

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean striker Ahn Jung Hwan reacts after scoring the golden goal in a World Cup second-round match against Italy in Daejeon World Cup Stadium in South Korea in June 2002. The 36-year-old Ahn announced his retirement from professional soccer on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. His quarterfinal finish in the recent Australian Open took the 22-year-old to a career-high 20th in the world rankings.

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'Last ninja' becomes university professor

TSU, Japan - Jinichi Kawakami, known as the ''last ninja,'' speaks during a press conference in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Mie University said Kawakami has become a specially-appointed professor to study how to use information-gathering and other ninja techniques in the field of business. Koga is the 21st head of the Koga ninja clan.

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City in Tottori rents out EV with comic paintings

YONAGO, Japan - The city government of Yonago in Tottori Prefecture began renting out to visitors for free an electric vehicle with comic paintings on its body on Jan. 31, 2012. The municipal government offers the use of the car, which has a painting of comic girls and 10 local tourist spots, to promote the 13th International Comic Artist Conference to be held in November 2012 in the prefecture. Such cars called ''itasha,'' typically with paintings of animation characters, are popular among some young Japanese.