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.

Sasaki's design for WTC memorial in final screening

Sasaki's design for WTC memorial in final screening

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese sculptor Toshio Sasaki's design for the World Trade Center (WTC) memorial in New York is selected as one of the eight finalists. A total of 5,201 designs from 63 countries were sent for the memorial, to be set up at the former site of the WTC destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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)

Sasaki's design for WTC memorial in final screening

Sasaki's design for WTC memorial in final screening

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese sculptor Toshio Sasaki's design for the World Trade Center (WTC) memorial in New York is selected as one of the eight finalists. A total of 5,201 designs from 63 countries were sent for the memorial, to be set up at the former site of the WTC destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Kyodo)