Japan: Long Lines Form at Gas Stations Ahead of Price Hike

Long lines of vehicles formed at gas stations across Japan on Wednesday, March 11, as drivers rushed to fill up before an expected sharp rise in fuel prices. Major oil wholesalers announced plans to raise gasoline wholesale prices by an average of 26 yen per liter starting March 12, prompting a surge in last-minute refueling.

Indian govt imposes stock limits on wheat till March 2025

STORY: Indian govt imposes stock limits on wheat till March 2025 SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 3. various of wheat crop fields 4. various of crop harvesting 5. various of grain markets STORYLINE: Indian government Monday imposed stock limits on the quantity of wheat that retailers and processors can hold. The step has been taken to keep prices in check and prevent hoarding of wheat. "In order to manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India has decided to impose stock limits on wheat applicable to traders/wholesaler, retailers, big chain retailers and processors for all states," the federal ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution in a statement said. According to the ministry, the limit is 3,000 metric ton (MT) for wholesalers, 10 MT for retailers, 10 MT per

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers Transport Vegetables - Bangladesh

Wholesalers transport vegetables by boat to sale at the local markets of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 09, 2023. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Int'l exhibitions on clinical equipment, medical tourism, services held in Bangladesh

STORY: Int'l exhibitions on clinical equipment, medical tourism, services held in Bangladesh SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: MEDICINE/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibitions 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEO YIN, Chinese exhibitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AMBER SUN, Chinese exhibitor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): JAVED AHMED, Chief consultant of Research and Consultancy of CEMS Global STORYLINE: Four international exhibitions on clinical equipment, medical tourism and services have been held in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka in a bid to enrich sector insiders with the knowledge of the latest technologies and innovations. The expos have attracted agents, distributors, importers, trading companies, wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, business representatives, consumers, other bulk purchasers and related technologies from the South Asia region and beyond. Conference and Exhibition Management Services Limited (CEMS), a global event management comp

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers Bring Pumpkins To The Market - Dhaka

Farmers bring pumpkins to the market, wholesalers buy pumpkins from farmers and sell them in various retail markets of the country. Bangladeshi vegetable vendor's decorate pumpkin to selling in a market in Dhaka on January 16, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Organic Dried Fish Production - Bangladesh

Women are busy to processing dried fishes in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Seasonal dry fish traders are busy drying fish on stages in Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Beel-haor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds cores of Taka. Here 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places and give dry goods, 1500 to 2000 people are involved in this work of dry goods that work here and earn up to 800 - 1000 taka at the end of the day. The traders said that they have demand for these dry goods in the neighbouring country of India, and Kishoreganj, Bhairab and Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. Also the traders of Dhaka and Chittagong buy dry goods from here at wholesale rates. Each Mana Shutki is sold from 18 thousand taka to 30 thousand taka. Various types of native fish including Desi Chanda Fish, Tengra Punti, Gajar Followi are dr

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

(230825) -- LAS VEGAS, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People negotiate at a booth during the Las Vegas ASD Market Week in Las Vegas, the United States, Aug. 20, 2023. The number of exhibitors at the Las Vegas ASD Market Week is similar to that of the past, but many wholesalers attending the trade show said they feel depressed and helpless as traffic flow and transaction activity have dropped significantly this year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. wholesalers say decoupling damages business deeply" (Xinhua/Huang Heng)

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

(230825) -- LAS VEGAS, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2023 shows a scene of the Las Vegas ASD Market Week in Las Vegas, the United States. The number of exhibitors at the Las Vegas ASD Market Week is similar to that of the past, but many wholesalers attending the trade show said they feel depressed and helpless as traffic flow and transaction activity have dropped significantly this year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. wholesalers say decoupling damages business deeply" (Xinhua/Huang Heng)

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-TRADE FAIR-DECOUPLING

(230825) -- LAS VEGAS, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows a booth of a luggage company during the Las Vegas ASD Market Week in Las Vegas, the United States. The number of exhibitors at the Las Vegas ASD Market Week is similar to that of the past, but many wholesalers attending the trade show said they feel depressed and helpless as traffic flow and transaction activity have dropped significantly this year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. wholesalers say decoupling damages business deeply" (Xinhua/Huang Heng)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-SPRING FESTIVAL-PREPARATION (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-SPRING FESTIVAL-PREPARATION (CN)

(230118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wholesalers restock white radishes ahead of the Spring Festival at the Jiangqiao vegetable wholesale market in east China's Shanghai Jan. 17, 2023. This year's Spring Festival, the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, starts from Jan. 22. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Large tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

Large tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Worshipers at Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture, which enshrines a god of business prosperity, pray for business recovery Jan. 8 by putting coins on a large tuna provided as an offering to the shrine earlier in the day by a marine products wholesalers' group.

Osaka fasteners wholesalers to offer expertise exam on screws

Osaka fasteners wholesalers to offer expertise exam on screws

OSAKA, Japan - Screws and bolts in various sizes are shown in this undated photo. The Osaka Fasteners Cooperative Association, formed by wholesale suppliers in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, will begin in fall 2015 to offer an annual examination on expertise in screws and bolts.

Fireworks wholesaler in Mumbai

Fireworks wholesaler in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - A merchant shows the most popular fireworks at his shop on a street of wholesalers in Mumbai, western India, on Oct. 1, 2014.

Indians stock up on fireworks ahead of Diwali festival

Indians stock up on fireworks ahead of Diwali festival

MUMBAI, India - Customers at a shop on a street of wholesalers in Mumbai, western India, stock up on fireworks and firecrackers on Oct. 1, 2014, ahead of Diwali, an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year.

Meeting in Bangkok to promote exports from central Japan

Meeting in Bangkok to promote exports from central Japan

BANGKOK, Thailand - A business meeting is held at a hotel in Bangkok on Sept. 8, 2014, between Thai food wholesalers and eatery operators and 14 Japanese companies from central Japan, including Aichi and Nagano prefectures, with the aim of boosting exports from the region.

Abe shows off dish of blowfish sashimi

Abe shows off dish of blowfish sashimi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shows off a large dish of sashimi made from naturally bred "torafugu" blowfish at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014. The dish was presented to him by a group of blowfish wholesalers from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Abe is a House of Representatives member representing a constituency in the prefecture.

Rakuten to sell home-use solar panels

Rakuten to sell home-use solar panels

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 9, 2012 in Tokyo shows a home-use solar panel to be sold by Rakuten Inc. The major online retailer said the same day it will start selling online from July 17 four varieties of home-use solar panels at cut-rate prices made possible by bypassing wholesalers and delivering the panels directly to consumers.

Roses bearing messages of encouragement in petals

Roses bearing messages of encouragement in petals

OTSUCHI, Japan - A woman looks at roses with messages of encouragement for people in tsunami-hit areas printed on their petals, such as ''Believe in reconstruction,'' at a shelter in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 13, 2011. Flower producers and wholesalers in Yamaguchi Prefecture, who have been donating part of their flower-related revenues for the victims of the March 11 disaster in northeastern Japan, delivered the roses to the shelter in Otsuchi, one of the communities hardest hit by the tsunami.

260-kg tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

260-kg tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A child held up by an adult puts a coin atop a 260-kilogram tuna offered at the Nishinomiya Shrine, which enshrines the god of business prosperity, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2010. The tuna was offered by a local marine products wholesalers' group to the shrine and worshippers placed coins on its body and prayed for economic fortune as an annual event that started in 1970.