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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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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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New Year ladder-top stunts by firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message of encouragement for the Tohoku region, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, while seated atop a 7-meter ladder in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2012, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

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Firefighters' New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message wishing for the reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2013, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

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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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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Noda registers marriage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Seiko Noda, former post and telecommunications minister and a House of Representatives member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, who gave birth to a boy on Jan. 6, 2011, after in vitro fertilization, revealed on her blog Feb. 22, 2011, that she and her common-law husband had registered their marriage, with her husband adopting her family name, following the birth. Noda is a vocal advocate of a legal change to allow married couples to bear separate names.

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Malaysia school for pregnant teens

JASIN, Malaysia - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows Sekolah Harapan, a school for unwed pregnant teenagers in rural Jasin district in Malaysia's Malacca State.

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Adelie penguins around south pole

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows Adelie penguins and abandoned eggs near Showa Base, a Japanese station in the Antarctic. Researchers there reported that increasing numbers of penguin parents have been abandoning their eggs recently. (Pool Photo)

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Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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Japanese prime minister's residence

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's official residence in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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Japanese prime minister's office and residence

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's official residence (L) and office (R, front) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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U.S. nuclear envoy leaves China

BEIJING, China - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, leaves China from Beijing airport Jan. 6, 2011. Bosworth discussed with senior Chinese officials the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization.

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'Baby deposit box' moves to new location

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows a ''baby deposit box'' set up in a new building at Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto, which will open Jan. 24. The hospital is relocating its deposit box, which was set up for parents who decide they cannot raise their newborns to anonymously hand over the babies to the hospital, with the new location offering better privacy.

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DPJ No. 2 man Okada to visit Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2011. The No. 2 man in the party said he will visit Okinawa to deal with the contentious realignment of U.S. forces there.

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Skater Asada poses in kimono

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada smiles while posing in a kimono at a photo studio in Nagoya on Jan. 6, 2011, ahead of Japan's Coming of Age Day. The 20-year-old Asada pledged to do her best at the world championships in March.

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U.S. nuclear envoy leaves China

BEIJING, China - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, leaves China from Beijing airport Jan. 6, 2011. Bosworth discussed with senior Chinese officials the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization.

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Annual daruma market

MAEBASHI, Japan - Customers look at daruma dolls, said to bring good luck, during the annual New Year's daruma doll market event at Shorinzan Darumaji temple in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2011. The origin of the market dates back around 200 years to when a priest taught starving farmers how to craft dolls, modeled after Zen founder Bodhidharma, to sell them.

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Skater Asada poses in kimono

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada poses in a kimono at a photo studio in Nagoya on Jan. 6, 2011, ahead of Japan's Coming of Age Day. The 20-year-old Asada pledged to do her best at the world championships in March.

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Japanese cat character Hikonyan

OTSU, Japan - Hikonyan, a popular feline mascot of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, poses with over 10,000 New Year greeting cards it has received from fans in and outside of Japan on Jan. 6, 2011 at the municipal government office.

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Skater Asada poses in kimono

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada poses in a kimono at a photo studio in Nagoya on Jan. 6, 2011, ahead of Japan's Coming of Age Day. The 20-year-old Asada pledged to do her best at the world championships in March.

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Hakuho ready for New Year tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) demonstrates his ''dohyo-iri'' ritual at Meiji Jingu, a Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2011, ahead of the start of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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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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China's J-20 stealth fighter

BEIJING, China - A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter halts after a taxiing test at an airfield in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 6, 2011. It is the first time that the existence of the stealth fighter has been confirmed in photos taken at a specified time and location.

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Darvish highest paid baseball player in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Yu Darvish, ace pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters, attends a press conference at the club's head office in Sapporo on Jan. 6, 2011. Darvish became the highest paid player in Japanese baseball when he re-signed with the club for 500 million yen the same day.

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Traditional ladder-top stunts by fire brigades

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group preserving Japanese traditional firefighting techniques demonstrate ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2011.

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China's J-20 stealth fighter

BEIJING, China - A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter prepares for a taxiing test at an airfield in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 6, 2011. It is the first time that the existence of the stealth fighter has been confirmed in photos taken at a specified time and location.

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Darvish highest paid baseball player in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Yu Darvish, ace pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters, attends a press conference at the club's head office in Sapporo on Jan. 6, 2011. Darvish became the highest paid player in Japanese baseball when he re-signed with the club for 500 million yen the same day.

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Darvish highest paid baseball player in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Yu Darvish, ace pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters, attends a press conference at the club's head office in Sapporo on Jan. 6, 2011. Darvish became the highest paid player in Japanese baseball when he re-signed with the club for 500 million yen the same day.

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Amateur Matsuyama gets Masters invitation

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese teenager golfer Hideki Matsuyama shows his invitation to the Masters Tournament at a news conference at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on Jan. 6, 2011. The 18-year-old student of the university became the first-ever Japanese amateur to qualify for the renowned tournament in the United States.

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Bosworth in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Sung Kim, Washington's chief delegate to the six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, leave a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 6, 2011.

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Tokyo Fire Department's an annual New Year's parade

TOKYO, Japan - Fireboats spray colored water off Tokyo's Koto Ward as part of the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department on Jan. 6, 2011.

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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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Police dog Kinako attends induction ceremony

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Labrador retriever Kinako, who became a police dog after six years of failing the test, sits next to trainer Shinji Kameyama wearing a medal presented during an induction ceremony held the same day, at Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture on Jan. 6, 2011.

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Toyota subsidiary's plant starts operation in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 6, 2011, shows a new plant of Central Motor Co., a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp., in the village of Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture, which began operation the same day. The plant is expected to serve as a core assembly unit in the Tohoku region where Toyota is consolidating its resources as its third domestic production base.

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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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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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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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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 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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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.