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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - A female customer (L) listens to a sales clerk on how to handle tools at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a compact-sized electric drill, developed for women, on sale at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - A member (L) of "DIY Joshibu" (DIY women's club) teaches another member how to apply paint on a wall at a club meeting at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - Members of "DIY Joshibu" (DIY women's club) saw plywood to make a message board at a club meeting at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Aeon set to acquire stake in Sunday

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada (R) and Sunday President Keizo Tamura (L) give a joint press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Okada said his company will soon acquire a 20% stake in Sunday, which operates 45 do-it-yourself stores in Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita and Miyagi prefectures.

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Flipped (2010)

Madeline Carroll & John Mahoney Characters: Juli Film: Flipped (USA 2010) Director: Rob Reiner 26 July 2010 (L-r) MADELINE CARROLL as Juli Baker and JOHN MAHONEY as Chet Duncan in Castle Rock Entertainment

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Something New (2006)

Simon Baker & Sanaa Lathan Characters: Brian Kelly & Kenya Denise McQueen Film: Something New (2006) Director: Sanaa Hamri 29 January 2006 Date: 29 January 2006

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The War Of The Roses (1989)

Michael Douglas Characters: Oliver Rose Film: The War Of The Roses (USA 1989) Director: Danny Devito 04 December 1989 Date: 04 December 1989

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DIY kit developed for die-casting "sake" cups

Yushin Tokai, a 39-year-old representative of a handicraft workshop in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows on Sept.11, 2015, his newly developed do-it-yourself fabrication kit for die-casting a cup for "sake" Japanese rice wine. The kit, priced at 43,200 yen per set, is designed to let people experience fabrication of traditional craftwork. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nitori launches rival takeover bid for Shimachu in Nov.

Akio Nitori (L), chairman of Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co., meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2020, unveiling a plan to launch a rival takeover bid in mid-November to make do-it-yourself and hardware store operator Shimachu Co. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Nitori launches rival takeover bid for Shimachu in Nov.

Akio Nitori, chairman of Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co., meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2020, unveiling a plan to launch a rival takeover bid in mid-November to make do-it-yourself and hardware store operator Shimachu Co. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Nitori launches rival takeover bid for Shimachu in Nov.

Akio Nitori (R), chairman of Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co., meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2020, unveiling a plan to launch a rival takeover bid in mid-November to make do-it-yourself and hardware store operator Shimachu Co. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Nitori launches rival takeover bid for Shimachu in Nov.

Photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020, shows an outlet of Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co. in Tokyo. Nitori said on Oct. 29, 2020, that it will launch a rival takeover bid in mid-November to make do-it-yourself and hardware goods chain Shimachu Co. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Nitori launches rival takeover bid for Shimachu in Nov.

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2020, shows an outlet of Japanese do-it-yourself and hardware goods chain Shimachu Co. in Tokyo. Home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co. said on Oct. 29, 2020, that it will launch a rival takeover bid in mid-November to make Shimachu a wholly owned subsidiary.

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New coronavirus

A clear acrylic board separates a cashier and customers at a do-it-yourself store in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 9, 2020, in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aeon set to acquire stake in Sunday

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada (R) and Sunday President Keizo Tamura (L) give a joint press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Okada said his company will soon acquire a 20% stake in Sunday, which operates 45 do-it-yourself stores in Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita and Miyagi prefectures. (Kyodo)