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Bargain sale after Tigers' CL pennant win

Hanshin Department Store holds a ceremony kicking off a bargain sale at its flagship outlet in Osaka's Umeda district on Sept. 8, 2025, a day after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant.

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US: Labrador Puppy Slips On Icy Stairs As Major Winter Storm Hits Kansas

A major winter storm swept into the U.S. central plains on Saturday, January 4, causing icy streets and multiple crashes in Kansas. This video shows a Labrador puppy slipping down icy outdoor stairs in Lawrence.

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New Year sale at Japanese department store

A shopper buys a "fukubukuro" lucky bag during a New Year sale at a Hanshin department store in Osaka on Jan. 2, 2024.

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New Year sale at Japanese department store

A food section is crowded with shoppers during a New Year sale at a Hanshin department store in Osaka on Jan. 2, 2024.

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Asian Games karate champion visits news photo exhibit

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyo Shimizu (R), who won the gold medal in women's karate kata at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, visits a news photo exhibition on this year's major events at Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, Japan, on Dec. 3, 2014, the opening day of the exhibition.

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Fair of specialties in Tohoku region begins in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Train crew members of railway companies in six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku pose at the start of a fair of local specialties at the Umeda flagship outlet of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014.

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H2O Retailing's new president

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Suzuki, an executive of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014, after H2O Retailing Corp., the operator of the department store chain, decided to appoint Suzuki as its next president on April 1, replacing Jun Wakabayashi.

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Sapphire-studded chocolate tiara for Valentine's Day gift

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds a sample replica of a sapphire-studded chocolate tiara at Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Building in the city of Osaka on Jan. 29, 2014, ahead of Valentine's Day. The chocolate tiara is priced at 6 million yen. Chocolate products are popular Valentine's Day gifts in Japan.

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'Fujisan Yogan-yaki Bento' at train boxed lunch event

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows boxed bento lunches from JR Shinfuji Station in Shizuoka Prefecture featuring meat cooked on a plate made of lava from Mt. Fuji. An event showcasing "ekiben" train station box lunches from across Japan was held at Hanshin department store in Osaka.

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'Fujimori Soba' at train station boxed lunch event

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows "kakiage" tempura on "soba" noodles made and arranged in the image of Mt. Fuji from JR Fujimi Station in Nagano Prefecture. An event showcasing "ekiben" train station boxed lunches from across Japan was held at Hanshin department store in Osaka.

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World's longest pearl necklace

OSAKA, Japan - A 222-meter-long pearl necklace, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest, is displayed at Hanshin Department Store in Osaka on April 11, 2013. The necklace of around 28,000 pearls weighs about 20 kilograms.

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo shows the Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu department store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Kyoto. The company announced it will close down the store in central Kyoto, which opened in 1976, around this fall.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

KYOTO, Japan - Nobuaki Nitta, president of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., speaks about a plan to close the company's major outlet in central Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area at a news conference in Kyoto on Jan. 28, 2010. The Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu store, which opened in 1976, will be closed down around this fall.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the main stores of Hankyu Department Stores Inc. (R) and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. located in Osaka. The two department store chain operators announced on March 26 that they will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Hankyu, Hanshin dept. store operators to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. plan to integrate their operations under a holding company in October, sources familiar with the matter said March 17. Photo shows the Hankyu's Umeda head office (R) and Hanshin's headquarters (L), both in Osaka.

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Hankyu, Hanshin to consider merger of department store chains

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Osaka on June 8. Sumi said his firm and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. may consider a merger between their department store chains as part of their planned management integration in October.

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Victory sales begin to celebrate Lotte's Japan Series triumph

CHIBA, Japan - Customers form a long line for a ''victory sale'' at the Sogo department store in Chiba on Oct. 27 after the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team won their first Japan Series title in 31 years the previous day with a 3-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers in Game 4.

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Caspian yogurt popular in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers, most of them young females, form a long queue March 9 at a corner of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka which has begun offering a recipe for Caspian yogurt.

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(2)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

OSAKA, Japan - Many gift items on display at an Osaka department store feature the logo of the Hanshin Tigers, which clinched the Central League championship for the first time in 18 years. Major department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season on Nov. 1, hoping to recover some of the losses incurred during the prolonged economic slump.

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Department stores celebrate Hanshin Tigers victory

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers flock to the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka's Umeda district on Sept. 16 as the store began special sales to celebrate the Hanshin Tigers' winning of their first Central League pennant in 18 years.

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Hankyu, Hanshin to consider merger of department store chains

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Osaka on June 8. Sumi said his firm and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. may consider a merger between their department store chains as part of their planned management integration in October. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin dept. store operators to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. plan to integrate their operations under a holding company in October, sources familiar with the matter said March 17. Photo shows the Hankyu's Umeda head office (R) and Hanshin's headquarters (L), both in Osaka. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the main stores of Hankyu Department Stores Inc. (R) and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. located in Osaka. The two department store chain operators announced on March 26 that they will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Victory sales begin to celebrate Lotte's Japan Series triumph

CHIBA, Japan - Customers form a long line for a ''victory sale'' at the Sogo department store in Chiba on Oct. 27 after the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team won their first Japan Series title in 31 years the previous day with a 3-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers in Game 4. (Kyodo)

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Tigers fans line up

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers fans line up to buy wine sets that come with tickets to a Hanshin game in front of the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka on July 7. (Kyodo)

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Tigers fans line up overnight

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers fans line up overnight in front of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka on June 26 to buy tickets to the season's last game at Koshien Stadium against the Yomiuri Giants. (Kyodo)

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Former Hanshin star player Bass dressed as Santa Claus

Randy Bass (C), a star slugger for the Hanshin Tigers in 1980s, is dressed as Santa Claus and surrounded by fans at Koshien stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2015, during a promotional event for Hanshin Department Store. Bass, 61, still popular in Japan, is currently a Democratic Party member of the Oklahoma State Senate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Umbrella Festival" begins at store in western Japan

Umbrellas with vivid colors and exotic designs are displayed at Hanshin Department Store's Umeda headquarters in the western Japanese city of Osaka on June 3, 2015, the day the weather agency announced the start of the rainy season in the region. The store started an annual "Umbrella Festival" the same day with 15,000 umbrellas on display until June 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legendary Tigers slugger Bass surrounded by fans

Legendary Hanshin Tigers slugger Randy Bass is surrounded by fans during an event at a department store in Osaka, western Japan, on April 17, 2015, marking the 30th anniversary of three straight homeruns in 1985 by him and two teammates into the center field screen of Koshien Stadium, the Japanese professional baseball club's home ballpark in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Last day of 'snack park' at Hanshin Dept. Store in Osaka

A large number of people eat at the Snack Park food section in the Umeda main store of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, Japan, on Feb. 17, 2015, the last day of operation of the section. The fast food stores have been closed due to the refurbishment of the store. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hello Kitty goods exhibit starts at Osaka department store

An art exhibition featuring Hello Kitty goods and paintings starts at the flagship Umeda store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the fictional character's birth. Among the exhibits at the show through Feb. 16 is a drawing by Yuko Yamaguchi, designer of the character, based on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland," as seen in this photo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge. (Kyodo)

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Asian Games karate champion visits news photo exhibit

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyo Shimizu (R), who won the gold medal in women's karate kata at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, visits a news photo exhibition on this year's major events at Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, Japan, on Dec. 3, 2014, the opening day of the exhibition. (Kyodo)

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Fair of specialties in Tohoku region begins in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Train crew members of railway companies in six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku pose at the start of a fair of local specialties at the Umeda flagship outlet of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo shows the Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu department store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Kyoto. The company announced it will close down the store in central Kyoto, which opened in 1976, around this fall. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

KYOTO, Japan - Nobuaki Nitta, president of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., speaks about a plan to close the company's major outlet in central Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area at a news conference in Kyoto on Jan. 28, 2010. The Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu store, which opened in 1976, will be closed down around this fall. (Kyodo)

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(2)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

OSAKA, Japan - Many gift items on display at an Osaka department store feature the logo of the Hanshin Tigers, which clinched the Central League championship for the first time in 18 years. Major department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season on Nov. 1, hoping to recover some of the losses incurred during the prolonged economic slump. (Kyodo)

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New Year sale at Japanese department stores

Shoppers grab "fukubukuro" lucky bags at a Hanshin department store in Osaka on Jan. 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year sale at Japanese department stores

Shoppers grab "fukubukuro" lucky bags at a Hanshin department store in Osaka on Jan. 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Caspian yogurt popular in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers, most of them young females, form a long queue March 9 at a corner of Hanshin Department Store in Osaka which has begun offering a recipe for Caspian yogurt. (Kyodo)

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Department stores celebrate Hanshin Tigers victory

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers flock to the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka's Umeda district on Sept. 16 as the store began special sales to celebrate the Hanshin Tigers' winning of their first Central League pennant in 18 years. (Kyodo)