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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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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Suzuki's WagonR

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Suzuki Motor Corp's WagonR, which was the top-selling minicar in 2010 in Japan. The compact car maintained its leadership in the market for vehicles with engines of up to 660 cc for the seventh consecutive year, industry sources said Jan. 6, 2011, with about 195,000 units sold in 2010.

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Lawmaker Noda gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo, taken on May 17, 2010, shows Seiko Noda, a House of Representatives member from the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, once touted as a potential candidate to become Japan's first female premier, gave birth to a baby boy at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 6, 2011, marking a successful end to years of fertility treatment.

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Austria's Kofler wins Four Hills title

BIHCHOFSHOFEN, Austria - Andreas Kofler of Austria is lifted by his teammates after winning the Four Hills ski jumping tournament title in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6, 2010. On the left is Austria's Thomas Morgenstern, who won the last stage of the tournament.

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Hirayama hat-trick sends Japan to 2011 Asian Cup

SANAA, Yemen - Japanese players (in blue jerseys) celebrate after beating Yemen 3-2 in their Asian cup Group A qualifier in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010, to book a spot in the 2011 Asian Cup finals in Qatar.

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Ishiba discusses U.S. military base issue with Campbell

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeru Ishiba, the policy chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters after meeting with Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, in front of the U.S. State Department in Washington on Jan. 6, 2010. Campbell told the former Japanese defense minister that there will be no progress on the issue of relocating a U.S. military base in Okinawa, unless the Japanese people understand the necessity of U.S. troops in Okinawa.

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Austria's Kofler wins Four Hills title

BIHCHOFSHOFEN, Austria - Andreas Kofler of Austria celebrates after winning the Four Hills ski jumping tournament title in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6, 2010.

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Hirayama hat-trick sends Japan to 2011 Asian Cup

SANAA, Yemen - Japan forward Sota Hirayama (R in front) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a hat-trick during the second half of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier against Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan won 3-2 to book a spot in the 2011 Asian Cup finals in Qatar.

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Austria's Kofler wins Four Hills title

BIHCHOFSHOFEN, Austria - Andreas Kofler of Austria soars through the air to clinch the Four Hills ski jumping tournament title in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6, 2010.

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Japan beat Yemen, advance to Asian Cup finals

SANAA, Yemen - Japanese striker Sota Hirayama celebrates after completing his hat-trick in Japan's 3-2 victory over Yemen in the second half of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan advanced to the 2011 Asian Cup finals.

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Hirayama hat-trick sends Japan to 2011 Asian Cup

SANAA, Yemen - Japan forward Sota Hirayama (R) scores a hat-trick during the second half of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier against Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan won 3-2 to book a spot in the 2011 Asian Cup finals in Qatar.

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Tight security on Japan-Yemen match

SANAA, Yemen - Security officers file into the stadium ahead of the Asian Cup qualifier between Japan and Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Yemeni authorities tightened security amid concerns about possible violence by al-Qaida-linked groups.

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Hirayama hat-trick sends Japan to 2011 Asian Cup

SANAA, Yemen - Japan forward Sota Hirayama (L) scores his side's second goal during the second half of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier against Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan won 3-2 to book a spot in the 2011 Asian Cup finals in Qatar.

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 17, 2009 file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L), Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a meeting at the prime minister's office. Hatoyama picked Kan on Jan. 6, 2010 as the new finance minister, replacing Fujii.

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Japan beat Yemen, advance to Asian Cup finals

SANAA, Yemen - Striker Sota Hirayama heads Japan's first goal in the 42nd minute of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier against Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan advanced to the 2011 Asian Cup finals.

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Japan beat Yemen, advance to Asian Cup finals

SANAA, Yemen - Striker Sota Hirayama heads Japan's first goal in the 42nd minute of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier against Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan advanced to the 2011 Asian Cup finals.

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Hatoyama speaks about resignation of Finance Minister Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Hatoyama picked Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan the same day to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Japan beat Yemen, advance to Asian Cup finals

SANAA, Yemen - Japan midfielder Mu Kanazaki (L) vies with Yemen midfielder Akram Al-Wrafi in the first half of an Asian Cup Group A qualifier in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Japan advanced to the 2011 Asian Cup finals.

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Kan speaks about finance minister's post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010, after being picked to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Sengoku named national policy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshito Sengoku, administrative reform minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told Sengoku the same day to concurrently serve as minister in charge of national policy.

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Kan speaks about finance minister's post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010, after being picked to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 24, 2003, file photo shows Hirohisa Fujii (R), then secretary general of the Liberal Party, shaking hands with Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) who headed the party, Naoto Kan (2nd from L), who headed the Democratic Party of Japan and Katsuya Okada, DPJ secretary general, during a ceremony to mark the merger of Ozawa's party into the DPJ at a Tokyo hotel. Fujii was replaced with Kan, deputy prime minister, on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 15, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama moving past Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (2nd from L) after giving a press conference at the premier's office. Fujii was replaced with Kan, deputy prime minister, on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 17, 2009, file photo shows Hirohisa Fujii speaking at a press conference at the prime minister's office after being appointed as finance minister by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 25, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) attending a financial summit in Pittsburg. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 17, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) and his predecessor Kaoru Yosano chatting during a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry the day after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama launched his new Cabinet. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 16, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L, front) and then Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (R, middle) being photographed on the launch of Hatoyama's Cabinet at the prime minister's office. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Oct. 15, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a ceremony to demonstrate the technology of minting coins at the Japan Mint in Osaka. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Sengoku named national policy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshito Sengoku, administrative reform minister, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told Sengoku the same day to concurrently serve as minister in charge of national policy.

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Kan to become Japan's new finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama picked Kan the same day as the new finance minister, replacing Hirohisa Fujii.

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Harley-Davidson displayed at India's Auto Expo

NEW DELHI, India - Visitors look at a Harley-Davidson Inc. motorcycle at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on Jan. 6, 2010. Motor and auto companies exhibited motorcycles at the show in India where two-wheelers are selling faster than cars.

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Honda exhibits high-end motorcycle at India's Auto Expo

NEW DELHI, India - A woman stands in front of Honda Motor Co.'s high-end motorcycle CBR1000RR displayed at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on Jan. 6, 2010. Motorcycles are selling faster than cars in India and the local arm of Honda, the top-selling motorcycle maker in India, says there is a budding trend among the well-off to pursue motorcycles as a hobby.

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Ozawa attends labor federation's New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, raises his ''masu'' box during a toast at a New Year party of the Japan Trade Union Confederation, the country's largest labor union federation and a key supporter of the DPJ, at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 6, 2010.

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Yamasaki could change sides in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Taku Yamasaki, a veteran politician who served as vice president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party when it was in power. Yamasaki signaled Jan. 6, 2010 that he could run in the House of Councillors election from a partner party of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

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Ozawa attends labor federation's New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, addresses a New Year party of the Japan Trade Union Confederation, the country's largest labor federation and a key supporter of the DPJ, at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. The DPJ power broker pledged to secure a majority in the upper house election this summer.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Sengoku says almost no chance of succeeding Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku speaks to reporters at a hotel, after giving a speech at a meeting sponsored by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Sengoku, cited as one of the candidates to succeed finance minister Hirohisa Fujii since the minister expressed desire to resign, said during the meeting that there is almost no chance that he will take over as finance minister.

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Sengoku says almost no chance of succeeding Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku gives a speech at a meeting sponsored by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Sengoku, cited as one of the candidates to succeed finance minister Hirohisa Fujii since the minister expressed desire to resign, said there is almost no chance that he will take over as finance minister.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Aerial photo shows a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line and a car which it crashed into at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Tokyo firemen attend New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters at the Tokyo Fire Department stand in line during the annual ''dezomeshiki'' fire brigades parade in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010.

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Fire brigades demonstrate traditional ladder-top stunts

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group preserving Japanese traditional firefighting techniques celebrate the New Year by demonstrating ladder-top stunts dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868) during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department at Ariake district in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2010.

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Hatoyama speaks on Fujii's desire to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of the prime minister's office on Jan. 6, 2010, after Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii expressed his desire to resign for health reasons the previous day.

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Randy Johnson announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - This July 2001 file photo shows Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson (R) rushing to first after Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki hit a single during an All-Star game at Safeco Field. The five-time Cy Young Award winner announced his retirement on Jan. 6, 2010.