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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 high schooler teaches U.S. students calligraphy

CRESCENT CITY, United States - A male student from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, teaches calligraphy to a student at Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. A group of Takata students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was swept away by a tsunami caused by the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Forum on post-disaster recovery held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) speaks while Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso looks on at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures went through devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively.

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Iwate governor speaks at post-disaster recovery forum

KOBE, Japan - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso emphasizes the importance of each and every person's recovery from the 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern region at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Hyogo Prefecture also went through a devastating earthquake in 1995.

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Hyogo governor speaks at post-disaster recovery forum

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures experienced devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively.

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Hawaiian-style spa in Fukushima Pref. to fully resume

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a hula dancing team at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other employees cheer on Jan. 30, 2012, before the full-scale reopening of the Spa Resort Hawaiians complex on Feb. 8, 2012. The facility damaged by the March 2011 earthquake has partially resumed its operation since October 2011.

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Noda in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) receives Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 8, 2011. Noda requested cooperation with the central government's plan to set up an interim facility in the prefecture to store radioactive contaminated soil and other waste in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011, shows the charred lower part of a gate at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A man arrested after tossing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, said he set a fire to the shrine gate in Tokyo, but that claim is yet to be confirmed.

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Mexican bishop Ruiz, campaigner for indigenous people, dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on May 8, 2002, shows Samuel Ruiz, a former bishop who died on Jan. 24, 2011, at a hospital in Mexico City at age 86. Ruiz was known for fighting for the rights of the indigenous people in Mexico in the 1990s.

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Promoting shinkansen in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Florida Gov. Rick Scott shake hands as they meet in Tallahassee, Florida, on Jan. 8, 2011. Maehara urged Scott to adopt Japan's shinkansen high-speed railway system for a new railway project planned in the state.

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Kim Jong Un turns 28

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir. He turned 28 on Jan. 8, 2011, though the North's media did not report any celebratory events.

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Japan to back atomic power development in Saudi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani (C in right row), head of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (C in left row) speak during a meeting in Riyadh on Jan. 8, 2011. The two agreed that Japan and Saudi Arabia will cooperate on nuclear power development project in the Middle Eastern country.

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Ishikawa, Sonoda at Royal Trophy

HUA HIN, Thailand - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (L) and Shunsuke Sonoda try to find a putting line on the seventh hole in the Royal Trophy at Black Mountain Golf Club in the Thai resort of Hua Hin on Jan. 8, 2011. The Ishikawa-Sonoda pair won matches for the second straight day, with Asia leading Europe 6-2.

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Japan to face Jordan in Asian Cup opener

DOHA, Qatar - Alberto Zaccheroni, head coach of Japan's national soccer team, speaks during a press conference at Doha on Jan. 8, 2011, a day before Japan's Asian Cup opener against Jordan. Zaccheroni said he feels no pressure as the team knows what they need to do in the tournament.

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Yumoto wins Sapporo Olympic Memorial, HTB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Fumihisa Yumoto glides through the air on his second jump at the Sapporo Olympic Memorial meet in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 8, 2011. He also won the HTB Cup on the same day in the city.

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Japan to face Jordan in Asian Cup opener

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Makoto Hasebe speaks during a press conference at Doha on Jan. 8, 2011, a day before Japan's Asian Cup opener against Jordan. Hasebe has been named captain of the national team by manager Alberto Zaccheroni (R).

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2010 press photo exhibition in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors take a look at photographs on display at the 2010 press photography exhibition at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on Jan. 8, 2011. The event organized by the museum and the Tokyo Press Photographers Association runs through March 6.

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Yokozuna Hakuho with winner's portraits

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho poses in front of large framed portraits provided to commemorate his victorious career at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2011. The Mongolian grand champion is eyeing his 6th consecutive tournament victory at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting the following day.

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'Karuta' queen competition in Otsu

OTSU, Japan - Participants of the Japanese traditional card game competition try to snag a card for the ''karuta'' queen title at Omi Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2011. The karuta game using ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu,'' one hundred ''waka'' poem cards, is a typical New Year event in Japan.

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Huge tuna dedicated at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Well-wishers place coins on a huge bluefin tuna, 2.9 meters in length and 280 kilograms in weight, dedicated to Nishinomiya Shrine in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2011.

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Nintendo 3DS unveiled

CHIBA, Japan - Children play with Nintendo 3DS devices during an event held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Jan. 8, 2011. Nintendo Co. plans to begin its sales of the 3-D gaming device on Feb. 26 at the price of 25,000 yen in Japan.

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Teenage film director

TOKYO, Japan - Ryugo Nakamura, a 14-year-old student in Okinawa, poses for a photo at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 23, 2010. His film ''Yagi no Boken'' (adventure of a goat) will be shown at theaters across Japan beginning with three cinemas in Tokyo and Yokohama from Jan. 8, 2011.