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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Qieyang Shijie/Wang Qin of China(C), silver medalists Fuchise Masumi/Ishida Subaru of Japan(L) and bronze medalists Manju Rani/Ram Baboo of India attend the victory ceremony for the 35km Race Walk Mixed Team of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Qieyang Shijie/Wang Qin of China(C), silver medalists Fuchise Masumi/Ishida Subaru of Japan(L) and bronze medalists Manju Rani/Ram Baboo of India attend the victory ceremony for the 35km Race Walk Mixed Team of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Manju Rani of India competes during the Mixed Team's 35km Race Walk of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Manju Rani of India competes during the Mixed Team's 35km Race Walk of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Salih Korkmaz (C) of Türkiye, silver medalist Qian Haifeng (L) of China and bronze medalist Manju Haruki of Japan pose during the awarding ceremony for athletics men's 20km race walk at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Salih Korkmaz (2nd R) of Türkiye, Qian Haifeng (3rd R) of China and Manju Haruki (1st L) of Japan compete during the Athletics Men's 20km Race Walk Final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

IZUMO, Japan - Confectionery store operator Etsuo Sakane shows a box of red and white "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in Izumo, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, produced to celebrate the wedding of Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine.

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Hiroshima brewery produces liqueur resembling taste of ''Momiji manju'' cakes

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shingo Takeuchi of Chugoku Jozo Co., a brewery in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, shows samples of ''Momiji manju no osake'' on Jan. 31, 2014. The liqueur, which tastes like Hiroshima's famous maple-leaf-shaped Momiji manju cakes, is becoming a popular souvenir.

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Last-minute buying pushes up sales of sweet buns named after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - ''Shin-chan Manju,'' sweet buns named after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are sold at a souvenir shop in the grounds of Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sept. 17. The buns have been enjoying brisk sales following Abe's abrupt announcement Sept. 12 of his decision to resign. On Sept. 17 alone, a total of 1,900 boxes of the buns were sold and demand has been so high that production cannot keep up with it.

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(3)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Volunteers dressed in the disguise of polar bears distribute white and red ''manju'' (buns) in Tokyo's Ginza district in celebration of the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming on Feb. 16.

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Department store presents 'manju' to customers

TOKYO, Japan - A boy smiles at a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Dec. 2 after receiving ''manju (bun with bean-jam filling).'' The store distributed a pair of red and white manju to customers free of charge in celebration of the Dec. 1 birth of a baby girl to Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako.

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(3)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Volunteers dressed in the disguise of polar bears distribute white and red ''manju'' (buns) in Tokyo's Ginza district in celebration of the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

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Buzzword from cronyism scandal spawns hit bean paste bun

Minoru Inamoto, president of Heso Production, holds a box of "Sontaku Manju" buns in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 29, 2017. The bun takes its name from a buzzword associated with the cronyism allegations leveled at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ==Kyodo

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Mall featuring eerie black-colored items stirs interest

Undated photo shows officials of a mall in Yawatahama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, standing next to a black postbox and holding a black-colored "manju" sweet bun. The mall features an array of black-colored foods and other items, the same color as the water of the local hot-spring spa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: Sweets, snacks made from leafy vegetable

Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2015, shows traditional Japanese "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in the foreground and "senbei" rice crackers, both using the "komatsuna" green leafy vegetable produced in Tokyo's Edogawa district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Department store presents 'manju' to customers

TOKYO, Japan - A boy smiles at a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Dec. 2 after receiving ''manju (bun with bean-jam filling).'' The store distributed a pair of red and white manju to customers free of charge in celebration of the Dec. 1 birth of a baby girl to Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako.

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Last-minute buying pushes up sales of sweet buns named after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - ''Shin-chan Manju,'' sweet buns named after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are sold at a souvenir shop in the grounds of Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sept. 17. The buns have been enjoying brisk sales following Abe's abrupt announcement Sept. 12 of his decision to resign. On Sept. 17 alone, a total of 1,900 boxes of the buns were sold and demand has been so high that production cannot keep up with it. (Kyodo)

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A teahouse at Oji

The caption reads Ogiya. The rakugo story The Fox of Oji was created to promote this establishment. The story goes that a man invites a girl, who is really a fox, to Ogiya for dinner. He gets her get drunk and tries to run away so that she has to pay the bill. A few days later the man goes to the fox with manju (sweet buns) to apologize. She replies, These manju could be made of horse dung, which is the punch line.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kajima Seibei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐13‐0]

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A teahouse and girls,Mukojima

The English title is Wayside Resting Place. This is probably the endai bench at a teahouse on the Mukojima embankment. The kimono style of the three dressed-up girls indicates that they are geigi (young geisha). The food on the bench appears to be manju sweet buns. Sakura-mochi (cherry cake), which people ate in the cherry-blossom season, is said to have been created by Yamamoto Shinroku, the gateman at Chomeiji Temple in Mukojima during the Genroku Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐35‐0]

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Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

IZUMO, Japan - Confectionery store operator Etsuo Sakane shows a box of red and white "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in Izumo, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, produced to celebrate the wedding of Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine. (Kyodo)

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Japanese confection recognized as best-seller

Japanese confectionery company Meigetsudo Co. President Shinichiro Akimaru (L) holds a certificate during a ceremony in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on June 3, 2019, after its popular "manju" steamed-bun cake Hakata Torimon was recognized by Guinness World Records for having the most sales in a calendar year in a new category dedicated to bean paste-filled confectionery, with total sales of 7.59 billion yen (around $70 million) in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese confection recognized as best-seller

Japanese confectionery company Meigetsudo Co. President Shinichiro Akimaru holds a certificate during a ceremony in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on June 3, 2019, after its popular "manju" steamed-bun cake Hakata Torimon was recognized by Guinness World Records for having the most sales in a calendar year in a new category dedicated to bean paste-filled confectionery, with total sales of 7.59 billion yen (around $70 million) in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese confection recognized as best-seller

Photo taken June 3, 2019, shows Hakata Torimon, a popular "manju" steamed-bun cake from Japan's southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka. The confection has been recognized by Guinness World Records for having the most sales in a calendar year in a new category dedicated to bean paste-filled confectionery, with total sales of 7.59 billion yen (around $70 million) in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo