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Doja Cat With A Clay Version Of Her Own Head - London

Doja Cat sporting a clay version of her own head and an outfit featuring what fans have identified as the Brisk Iced Tea logo in London, UK on August 22, 2024. Photo by Jamal Peters/Jasper Peters/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Doja Cat With A Clay Version Of Her Own Head - London

Doja Cat sporting a clay version of her own head and an outfit featuring what fans have identified as the Brisk Iced Tea logo in London, UK on August 22, 2024. Photo by Jamal Peters/Jasper Peters/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MYANMAR-YANGON-DAILY LIFE-WINTER-EXERCISES

(231229) -- YANGON, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take brisk walks in the early morning near the Inya Lake in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 29, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Quality, innovation draw global buyers at Canton Fair

STORY: Quality, innovation draw global buyers at Canton Fair DATELINE: May 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:39 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of buyers at the Canton Fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TOM KEFALAS, Greek buyer at Canton Fair 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GISELLE BONET, Venezuelan buyer at Canton Fair 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BABAK AMIN, Iranian buyer at Canton Fair 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ADI DAGAN, Israeli buyer at Canton Fair STORYLINE: The 133rd Canton Fair concluded on Friday in south China's Guangzhou, which has seen brisk business and record foot traffic. The fair was held in three separate phases from April 15 to May 5. The China Foreign Trade Center said that 35,000 companies were participating offline and foot traffic exceeded 2.9 million people. All figures set new records. The event attracted overseas buyers from more than 220 countries and regions either online or offline. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TOM KEFALAS, Greek buyer at Canton Fair "I've been visiting Ca

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY (CN)

(230418) -- TONGLIAO, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Calves feed at a cattle farm in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on April 14, 2023. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY (CN)

(230418) -- TONGLIAO, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman feeds cattle at his farm in Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on April 13, 2023. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY (CN)

(230418) -- TONGLIAO, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows cattle basking outside their shed at a beef cattle breeding company in Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY (CN)

(230418) -- TONGLIAO, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows a livestock market in Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY (CN)

(230418) -- TONGLIAO, April 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows a cattle shed of a beef cattle breeding company in Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/He Shuchen)

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Tennis, soccer wear selling well in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A tennis gear shop at Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 22, 2014, is enjoying brisk sales thanks to pro tennis player Kei Nishikori's spectacular showing. Similarly, football shirts are selling well due to the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

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Kyocera's durable smartphones popular overseas

OSAKA, Japan - One of the durable smartphones Kyocera Corp. is set to sell in Latin America in 2015 is shown in this undated photo. The Japanese company's consolidated sales in its telecommunications business for fiscal 2014 ending March 31, 2015, are expected to show a 10 percent year-on-year rise thanks to brisk overseas demand.

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Suntory adds 4 pot stills to meet brisk whisky demand

HOKUTO, Japan - Two pairs of pot stills newly installed at Suntory Liquors Ltd.'s Hakushu Distillery in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, are shown to the press on Sept. 24, 2014. This was the distiller's first equipment expansion in 33 years designed to meet growing demand for its "Hakushu" brand whisky.

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Japan on alert over possible illegal ivory exports

TOKYO, Japan - A tusk is on display at a Tokyo name seal shop with a "Not for sale" tag in this file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. The number of false applications for domestic ivory deals is increasing due to brisk demand in China for use as a name seal material. Ivory exports and imports are forbidden under the Washington Convention.

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Toyota posts record high operating profit for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki briefs the press Aug. 5, 2014, on the automaker's financial results for the April-June quarter. Toyota group operating profit grew 4.4 percent from a year earlier to an all-time high of 692.73 billion yen for the quarter as brisk sales in North America more than offset a lackluster performance in Japan, where a sales tax hike April 1 triggered a sales decline.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) and Nobuyori Kodaira, an executive vice president, attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda ends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, held to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, held to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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New Toyota Crown enjoying brisk orders

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a ceremony to celebrate production of its fully remodeled Crown luxury sedan at the carmaker's Motomachi plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2013. Toyoda said orders for the new Crown had reached around 19,000 units by Jan. 15, three weeks after its launch, nearly five times higher than the company's monthly sales target.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, after the top Japanese automaker released its earnings results for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi answers a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, on the company's earnings for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Toyota eyeing output of over 10 mil. vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012, after the top Japanese automaker released its earnings results for the April-June quarter. Toyota said the same day its group plans to produce a record-high 10.05 million vehicles in 2012, reflecting brisk demand in North America and Asia that has led to a dramatic improvement in the automaker's quarterly earnings.

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Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai (L), chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

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Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

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Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

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Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

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Honda ups full-year forecast for 3rd time on domestic, Asia sales

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo briefs reporters on the company's business performance in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010. He said the company raised its profit and sales outlook for the whole of fiscal 2009 ending in March for the third time, helped by cost-cutting efforts and brisk sales of fuel-efficient cars in Japan and other Asian markets.

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'Charismatic' saleswoman on Yamagata Shinkansen enjoys brisk sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Moki, in this photo taken May 18, is known as a ''charismatic sales staffer'' on the JR Yamagata Shinkansen Line for her record-high sales and unique methods.

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Honda's FY 2008 auto sales to exceed target on brisk Insight orders

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s new Insight hybrid car. Honda is anticipating that its auto sales in Japan in fiscal 2008 ending next month will exceed an earlier-estimated 554,000 units, hitting a range of 570,000 to 580,000 units, due to the growing popularity of the hybrid, company officials said. Orders for the new Insight, launched on Feb. 6, are now projected to top 15,000 units this week, more than triple an earlier monthly sales target of 5,000 units.

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Sony logs record sales, profit in fiscal 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earning report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 14. Sony booked record-high group sales and net profit on brisk sales of its Bravia flat-panel televisions and digital cameras.

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Sony logs record sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earning report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 14. Sony booked record-high group sales and net profit on brisk sales of its Bravia flat-panel televisions and digital cameras.

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Japanese economy grows annual 3.7% in Oct.-Dec. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a news conference after the Cabinet Office announced Japan's gross domestic product data for the October-December quarter on Feb. 14. Japan's real economy grew a stronger-than-expected annualized 3.7 percent in the October-December quarter, aided by brisk Asia-bound exports and firm corporate capital spending.

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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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Sharp revises FY 2006 dividends upward on robust profit growth

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Mikio Katayama speaks at a news conference in Osaka on April 25, where he said the company has revised its fiscal 2006 dividends upward to 26 yen per share from an earlier planned 24 yen, backed by robust profit growth on brisk sales of large liquid crystal display televisions.

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Animated cartoons no longer children's first choice

TOKYO, Japan - Sales of products featuring animated cartoons, including DVDs of such programs, are brisk at this and other stores in Tokyo's Akihabara electric gadget district.

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Toyota's April-Dec. net profit tops 1 tril. yen for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Senior Managing Director Takeshi Suzuki tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 that the company's group net profit topped 1 trillion yen ($8.30 billion) for the first time in an April-December period, mainly helped by brisk sales in North America of small fuel-efficient vehicles.

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Mazda 1st-half group sales, operating profit hit record highs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Hisakazu Imaki tells a press conference in Hiroima on Nov. 2 that Mazda's consolidated sales and operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2006 hit all-time highs, driven by brisk sales in the United States and Europe.

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Daiei's operating profit jumps 42% on brisk credit card business

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. President Toru Nishimi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20. The company reported a group operating profit of 25.45 billion yen for the first half of the current business year, up 41.9 percent from a year earlier, backed by improved retail profitability and a brisk performance by its credit card subsidiary OMC Card Inc.

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Mazda to boost key engine output to meet strong car demand

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Hisakazu Imaki said in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 22 that the company will raise the annual output of its mainstay 1.8- to 2.3-liter MZR engines to 705,000 units in January from the current 650,000 units at its Hiroshima Prefecture plant to meet brisk car demand in major markets of the world.

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Ice sales brisk in Baghdad helped by blackouts

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A boy carries a cart with ice for sale under hot weather in Baghdad on July 19. Ice has become a necessity for refrigeration as households experience frequent blackouts.

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Ice sales brisk in Baghdad helped by blackouts

BAGHDAD, Iraq - People flock to get ice under hot weather in Baghdad on July 19. Ice has become a necessity for refrigeration as households experience frequent blackouts.

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Forestry Agency to modify cypress, cedar to stem pollen

TOKYO, Japan - A new variety of cypress, dubbed ''Soshun'' (brisk spring), is planted at a greenhouse at the Forest Tree Breeding Center in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Matsushita Electric's group net profit more than doubles in 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Kunio Nakamura replies to a reporter at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28. The consumer electronics giant said its group net profit more than doubled in the first half of fiscal 2004, aided by cost cuts and brisk sales of flat televisions and digital cameras.

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Matsushita posts robust results, raises full-year outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Executive Director Tetsuya Kawakami announced earning results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2003 at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6. The company posted double-digit profit growth on the strength of brisk sales of digital electronics products.

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Cabinet Office revises growth forecast upward for FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Economy and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka talks with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 26 after the Cabinet Office revised its economic growth projection for fiscal 2003 upward to 0.1% in nominal terms and 2.1% in real terms. He said brisk corporate spending on plant and equipment is the main reason behind the upward revision.

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Nikkei ends at 14-month high on brisk foreign buying

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard of a securities firm in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Sept. 9 shows the key Nikkei index ending at 10,922.04, the highest finish since July 9 last year.