[Breaking News]Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

AMAGASAKI, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants. (Kyodo)

Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants.

People in Fukuoka commemorate Hawks' victory

People in Fukuoka commemorate Hawks' victory

A decorative paper ball is split open in front of a department store in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Sept. 18, 2015, commemorating the victory the previous night of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks professional baseball team in the Pacific League pennant race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People in Fukuoka commemorate Hawks' victory

People in Fukuoka commemorate Hawks' victory

A decorative paper ball is split open in front of a department store in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Sept. 18, 2015, commemorating the victory the previous night of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks professional baseball team in the Pacific League pennant race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese city celebrates selection as 2016 G-7 summit venue

Japanese city celebrates selection as 2016 G-7 summit venue

Officials of the Shima city hall are ready to split open a decorative paper ball on June 5, 2015, following the government's decision to hold a summit of the Group of Seven economic powers in the western Japanese city. Women in the front row are clad in costumes worn by local "ama" professional female divers traditionally active in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsutenkaku tower celebrates 60th anniversary

Tsutenkaku tower celebrates 60th anniversary

Masaaki Nishigami (L), chief of the operator of Tsutenkaku tower, a much-loved landmark in the western Japan city of Osaka, celebrates the 60th anniversary of its opening with a decorative paper ball on Oct. 28, 2016. More than 1.12 million people visited the 108-meter tower in the 2015 business year, including increasing numbers of foreign tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo