Showcase of Japanese pop culture opens in Paris

Showcase of Japanese pop culture opens in Paris

PARIS, France - Women take a look at a booth at the annual Japan Expo, which begins in a Paris suburb July 2. The four-day event started with the prospect of drawing a crowd of around 150,000, the largest in the history of the exhibition showcasing Japanese pop culture. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000043102
  • Registered date
  • 2009/7/03 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1259 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 835.74(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

    Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

    Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the Grand Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, completed the same day on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The event begins in April.
      Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

      Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the Grand Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, completed the same day on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The event begins in April.
        Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

        Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the Grand Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, completed the same day on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The event begins in April.

          [Breaking News]USJ water-splash event

          OSAKA,Japan, July 2 Kyodo -Universal Studios Japan gives journalists a sneak preview of its limited-time water-splash event featuring Pokemon character Pikachu in Osaka on July 2, 2024, a day before opening to the general public.(Kyodo)
            Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

            Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

            OITA, Japan - A fish and chips dish using dried shiitake mushroom sauce made by Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, is served at a tasting event in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014. The event was organized by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture targeting the European market. (Kyodo)
              Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

              Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

              PARIS, France - A woman takes notes during an event to taste wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Winemakers from the prefecture held their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.
                St. Valentine's Day chocolates

                St. Valentine's Day chocolates

                MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)
                  St. Valentine's Day chocolates

                  St. Valentine's Day chocolates

                  MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)
                    267-kilogram chocolate ring

                    267-kilogram chocolate ring

                    OSAKA, Japan - A 267-kilogram ''finger ring'' made by chocolate and candy is completed in Osaka on Feb. 11, 2012, and was recognized as the world's largest by the Guinness World Records. The work is an event prior to the Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, which is regarded in Japan as a day for women to give chocolate to men. (Kyodo)
                      Children study liquefaction

                      Children study liquefaction

                      TOKYO, Japan - Children conduct experiments to simulate soil liquefaction, a phenomenon seen during an earthquake, using plastic bottles, sand and water at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in central Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011. The children are taking part in an annual summertime event for elementary and junior high school students to visit central government offices. The event, in which 24 ministries and agencies participate, began the same day and continues until Aug. 18, except in the case of the Japan Meteorological Agency, which will host the students on Aug. 20 and 21. (Kyodo)