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Trade fair in Beijing

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services opening in Beijing the same day for a five-day run.

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Trade fair in Beijing

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services opening in Beijing the same day for a five-day run.

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39th Malta Book Festival gets underway

STORY: 39th Malta Book Festival gets underway DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Malta Book Festival STORYLINE: The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Center in Ta' Qali in central Malta. Attracting some 50,000 visitors every year, the book festival is a significant event on Malta's cultural calendar which offers extensive networking opportunities. This year's event, with over 50 exhibitors and themed "beyondbooks," explores the medium's capacity to transcend the written word, in forms ranging from illustration to audio, from theater to film adaptation. The festival's program encompasses around 100 activities, catering to various audiences. Originally known as the Malta Book Fair when it was launched in 197

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MALTA-TA' QALI-BOOK FESTIVAL

(231020) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), Oct. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select books during the 39th Malta Book Festival in Ta' Qali, Malta, on Oct. 20, 2023. The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors here on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-TA' QALI-BOOK FESTIVAL

(231020) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), Oct. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select books during the 39th Malta Book Festival in Ta' Qali, Malta, on Oct. 20, 2023. The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors here on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-TA' QALI-BOOK FESTIVAL

(231020) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), Oct. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select books during the 39th Malta Book Festival in Ta' Qali, Malta, on Oct. 20, 2023. The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors here on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-TA' QALI-BOOK FESTIVAL

(231020) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), Oct. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select books during the 39th Malta Book Festival in Ta' Qali, Malta, on Oct. 20, 2023. The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors here on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-TA' QALI-BOOK FESTIVAL

(231020) -- TA' QALI (MALTA), Oct. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select books during the 39th Malta Book Festival in Ta' Qali, Malta, on Oct. 20, 2023. The 39th Malta Book Festival kicked off this week, uniting book enthusiasts and industry professionals in a five-day celebration of literature. The annual event opened its doors here on Wednesday, and will run through Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run.

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Nagasaki tall ship festival starts 5-day run

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tall ships are brightly lit up at Nagasaki port, southwestern Japan, on April 27, 2014, the opening day of the five-day Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival.

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'Lilac Festival' begins in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Senior high school students watch lilac flowers at Odori Park in central Sapporo on May 20 as the ''Lilac Festival'' starts for the five-day run. About 400,000 people are expected to visit the festival to view some 400 lilac trees in full bloom.

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Saga International Balloon Festa begins for 5-day run

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hot-air balloons fly over the city of Saga on Nov. 1 as the five-day Saga International Balloon Festa began. Some 110 hot-air balloons from Japan and elsewhere are taking part in the event, with about 800,000 people expected to visit.

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Asia's biggest IT expo opens with focus on digital convergence

CHIBA, Japan - ''CEATEC JAPAN,'' Asia's largest annual exhibition for information technology and consumer electronics, opens for a five-day run at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Oct. 3, with a record 807 companies and institutions setting up 2,936 booths.

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Tulip festival opens in Toyama Pref.

TONAMI, Japan - A tulip fair opens in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on April 23 for a five-day run. The city, Japan's top tulip breeder, produces more than 10 million tulip bulbs a year and ships more than 8.5 million bulbs.

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(1)International air show opens in Zhuhai

ZHUHAI, China - Military officers walk by a new Chinese-made Z9 helicopter on display at the fourth biennial China International Air Show that opened in Zhuhai on Nov. 4 for a five-day run.

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Int'l hot-air balloon festival begins in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Hot-air balloons of various colors cruise over Saga Plain in Saga Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 31 as the 2002 Saga International Balloon Fiesta starts a five-day run featuring some 110 hot-air balloons from 14 countries and areas.

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MOX ship Pacific Teal arrives at port

OKUMA, Japan - A British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, after a five-day delay due to high waves. The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal had been scheduled to enter port on Sept. 22 but high waves forced it to wait outside the port until Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The Pacific Teal is carrying nuclear fuel for the No. 3 reactor of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant run by TEPCO.

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Asia's biggest IT expo opens with focus on digital convergence

CHIBA, Japan - ''CEATEC JAPAN,'' Asia's largest annual exhibition for information technology and consumer electronics, opens for a five-day run at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Oct. 3, with a record 807 companies and institutions setting up 2,936 booths. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Russian sailboats illuminated at Nagasaki port festival

The Japanese sailboat Nippon Maru and its Russian counterpart Nadezhda are illuminated in the Port of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on April 25, 2015, at the start of a festival which was expected to attract 190,000 visitors during its five-day run through April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Lilac Festival' begins in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Senior high school students watch lilac flowers at Odori Park in central Sapporo on May 20 as the ''Lilac Festival'' starts for the five-day run. About 400,000 people are expected to visit the festival to view some 400 lilac trees in full bloom. (Kyodo)

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MOX ship Pacific Teal arrives at port

OKUMA, Japan - A British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, after a five-day delay due to high waves. The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal had been scheduled to enter port on Sept. 22 but high waves forced it to wait outside the port until Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The Pacific Teal is carrying nuclear fuel for the No. 3 reactor of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant run by TEPCO.

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Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run. (Kyodo)

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Tulip festival opens in Toyama Pref.

TONAMI, Japan - A tulip fair opens in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on April 23 for a five-day run. The city, Japan's top tulip breeder, produces more than 10 million tulip bulbs a year and ships more than 8.5 million bulbs. (Kyodo)

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(1)International air show opens in Zhuhai

ZHUHAI, China - Military officers walk by a new Chinese-made Z9 helicopter on display at the fourth biennial China International Air Show that opened in Zhuhai on Nov. 4 for a five-day run. (Kyodo)

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Int'l hot-air balloon festival begins in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Hot-air balloons of various colors cruise over Saga Plain in Saga Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 31 as the 2002 Saga International Balloon Fiesta starts a five-day run featuring some 110 hot-air balloons from 14 countries and areas. (Kyodo)