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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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Japanese female ventriloquist performs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese female ventriloquist Miyuki Kiyama performs in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. She began learning the art about 15 years ago, setting aside some of her child-rearing time.

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Giant squid displayed at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - A specimen of a giant squid, measuring around 4 meters in length and about 163 kilograms in weight, is displayed outdoors at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Benz unveils prototype smart car at trade show in U.S.

LAS VEGAS, United States - German automaker Mercedes-Benz unveils a prototype computer-driven car at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015. The car features a touch-screen display panel on one of its doors that allows passengers to choose their desired destination and other functions.

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VW unveils Internet-connecting concept car at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Germany's Volkswagen AG unveils a concept car incorporating smartphone technology for an Internet hookup, based on its mainstay Golf hatchback, at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Samsung CEO touts linking all devices to Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoon Boo Keun, president and co-chief executive officer of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., discusses the "Internet of Things," a world in which all devices are connected on the Net, during a keynote speech at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Panasonic unveils smartphone-based technology at U.S. show

LAS VEGAS, United States - A senior Panasonic Corp. official explains the Japanese company's smartphone-based technology for controlling audio equipment inside a car at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Examples of foreign literature published in Japanese in 2014 that are eligible for nomination for the "Best Translation Award," newly established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding, are shown on Jan. 5, 2015. Readers can nominate works for consideration via the award's website until Jan. 31 and the winner will be decided in April.

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Sharp unveils 4K TV based on Android operating system

LAS VEGAS, United States - A Sharp Corp. official explains the Japanese company's latest technologies such as a 4K super-high definition TV based on the Android operating system at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Sharp to launch higher-resolution "8K" TVs in FY 2015

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo taken Jan. 5, 2015, shows the new Aquos liquid crystal display television unveiled by Sharp Corp. at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The launch of "8K" televisions that offer even better image quality than the 4K super high-definition TVs is expected for the business year starting April 1 in markets such as Japan, China and the United States.

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Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Japan's Nishikori plays in men's doubles at Brisbane Int'l

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Kei Nishikori (L) plays with Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov in a men's doubles first-round match against India's Rohan Bopanna and Canada's Daniel Nestor at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 5, 2015. Nishikori and Dolgopolov advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Japanese astronaut Yui holds news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mikiya Yui, who will travel to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in late May, poses for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. The 44-year-old former Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilot will stay on the ISS for about six months.

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Japanese astronaut Yui holds news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mikiya Yui, who will travel to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in late May, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. The 44-year-old former Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilot will stay on the ISS for about six months.

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Countdown to Rugby World Cup begins with provisional squad named

TOKYO, Japan - Japan rugby head coach Eddie Jones speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Jones named a provisional squad of 41 players for the World Cup tournament scheduled to kick off in England on Sept. 18.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Ise shrine, holds news conference

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his first news conference of the year in the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015, after visiting Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the city. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine at the beginning of a new year.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Ise shrine, holds news conference

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his first news conference of the year in the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015, after visiting Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the city. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine at the beginning of a new year.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Ise shrine, holds news conference

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his first news conference of the year in the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015, after visiting Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the city. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine at the beginning of a new year.

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Air pollution continues in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A woman wears a mask as she walks in China's capital on Jan. 5, 2015, although the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau unveiled the previous day that levels of PM2.5, airborne particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter and a major air pollutant, declined in 2014 by 4 percent from 2013.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Ise shrine, holds news conference

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the city of Ise, on Jan. 5, 2015. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, at the beginning of a new year.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Ise shrine, holds news conference

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves to well-wishers as he visits Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the city of Ise, on Jan. 5, 2015. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, at the beginning of a new year.

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Fukui museum displays fossil of primitive bird

FUKUI, Japan - The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum shows to the media on Jan. 5, 2015, the fossil of a bird, found in a stratum some 120 million years old in Katsuyama, western Japan.

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Abe to express remorse in statement on anniv. of end of WWII

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his cabinet ministers are led by a Shinto priest as they visit Ise Jingu, a shrine in the city of Ise, on Jan. 5, 2015. Japanese prime ministers have customarily visited the shrine in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, at the beginning of a new year.

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Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ integrates Thai branch with Bank of Ayudhya

BANGKOK, Thailand - Noriaki Goto, president of the Bank of Ayudhya, speaks in a ceremony in Bangkok marking the integration of the bank with the Bangkok branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, its Japanese parent bank, on Jan. 5, 2015.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing kimono pose for photos during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso rings the bell during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 180-kg bluefin tuna that fetched 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Panasonic unveils smartphone-controlled lighting switches

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. unveils on Nov. 5, 2014, switches for controlling lighting equipment via smartphone for sale from Jan. 21, 2015.