(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening.

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods.

TOKYO, Japan ? This file photo shows Chanel Ginza boutique. The photo was taken on Dec. 4, 2004, the store's opening day. (Kyodo)

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening. (Kyodo)

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods. (Kyodo)

FEATURE: "Retrace Our Steps" exhibit spotlights nuclear disaster consequences

Photo taken July 9, 2016, at the "Retrace Our Steps" retrospective shows a ship having run aground at the seashore which used to be Ukedo port in the town of Namie in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. The photo exhibition at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo's Ginza district will be held until July 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: "Retrace Our Steps" exhibit spotlights nuclear disaster consequences

Photo taken July 9, 2016, at the "Retrace Our Steps" retrospective shows a man sitting down for a drink in an abandoned bar in Okuma in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. The photo exhibition at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo's Ginza district will be held until July 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: "Retrace Our Steps" exhibit spotlights nuclear disaster consequences

Photo taken July 9, 2016, at the "Retrace Our Steps" retrospective shows a shop located at the 15 kilometer mark from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Odaka ward in the northeastern Japan city of Minamisoma. The photo exhibition at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo's Ginza district will be held until July 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo