Copsplay festival in Nagoya

Copsplay festival in Nagoya

NAGOYA, May 31 Kyodo - A cosplayer performs in the Sakae district in Nagoya, central Japan, on May 31, 2015, during the Sakae Cosplay Festival. Some 2,800 cosplayers participated in the one-day event.

Shopping streets in Brussels, Nagoya seal partnership

Shopping streets in Brussels, Nagoya seal partnership

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Akiharu Tsuboi (C), head of the Sakae shopping district promotion association in Nagoya, central Japan, poses for photos with Rudi Vervoort (R front), minister-president of the government of the Brussels-Capital Region, after signing a friendship pact with Brussels' famous Avenue Louise shopping street in the Belgian capital on Sept. 25, 2014. On the left is a representative of Paris' Avenue Montaigne, with which Sakae has already sealed a similar partnership.

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help.

Belgium-donated Manneken Pis replica set up in Nagoya

Belgium-donated Manneken Pis replica set up in Nagoya

A replica of the famous Manneken Pis sculpture in Brussels, donated by the Belgian government, stands in the Sakae shopping area in Nagoya, central Japan, following an unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2015. The Sakae shopping mall concluded a friendship pact with the Belgian capital's Avenue Louise district in September 2014 through the good offices of the Avenue Montaigne area in Paris with which Sakae has a similar accord. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Copsplay festival in Nagoya

Copsplay festival in Nagoya

Cosplayers taking part in the Sakae Cosplay Festival pose for a photo in the Sakae district in Nagoya, central Japan, on May 31, 2015. Some 2,800 cosplayers participated in the one-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is held in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 5, 2021. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People gather in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, to watch the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 5, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People gather in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, to watch the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 5, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People gather in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, to watch the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 5, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People gather in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, to watch the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 5, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People gather in the Sakae commercial district in Nagoya, central Japan, to watch the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 5, 2021.

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help. (Kyodo)

Sakae Menda, Japan's 1st person freed from death row

Sakae Menda, Japan's 1st person freed from death row

File photo taken in July 1983 shows Sakae Menda (C) being released from death row after winning acquittal in a retrial at the Kumamoto District Court's Yatsushiro branch. Menda died on Dec. 5, 2020, of natural causes at a home for the elderly in Fukuoka Prefecture at the age of 95.

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Photo taken on May 16, 2020, shows an underground shopping street in Nagoya's Sakae commercial district in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after a coronavirus state of emergency was lifted in 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Aichi, on May 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Photo take on May 14, 2020, shows Nagoya's Sakae commercial district in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shortly after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency in 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Aichi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

A steakhouse manager prepares to close his restaurant before 8 p.m. in Nagoya's Sakae shopping and commercial district in central Japan, on April 17, 2020, in response to a request by local authorities for the shortening of business hours amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

A steakhouse manager prepares to close his restaurant before 8 p.m. in Nagoya's Sakae shopping and commercial district in central Japan, on April 17, 2020, in response to a request by local authorities for the shortening of business hours amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

A steakhouse manager prepares to close his restaurant before 8 p.m. in Nagoya's Sakae shopping and commercial district in central Japan, on April 17, 2020, in response to a request by local authorities for the shortening of business hours amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

People walk in Nagoya's Sakae commercial district in central Japan on April 9, 2020, wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

People walk in Nagoya's Sakae commercial district in central Japan on April 9, 2020, wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagoya-idol group promotional deal

Nagoya-idol group promotional deal

Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (2nd from R) poses for a photo with Jurina Matsui (3rd from L) and other members of pop idol group SKE48 in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 24, 2019, at a signing ceremony to jointly promote the city's Sakae entertainment district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Tepco execs go on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Ex-Tepco execs go on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Combined photo shows (from L) former Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto, former vice presidents of the power supplier, arriving at the Tokyo District Court on June 30, 2017, for the first criminal trial over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The three pleaded not guilty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Early Halloween in Nagoya

Early Halloween in Nagoya

People dress up in costumes in Nagoya's Sakae entertainment district on Oct. 29, 2016, two days before Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Early Halloween in Nagoya

Early Halloween in Nagoya

People dress up in costumes in Nagoya's Sakae entertainment district on Oct. 29, 2016, two days before Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo