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Manhole cover with popular ghost manga character

Photo shows a miniature version of a manhole cover with an illustration of Kitaro, the protagonist of the popular Japanese ghost comic series "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" by manga creator Shigeru Mizuki in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2024. The city began giving out the item as one of its gift incentives for "hometown tax" donations.

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Files - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

File photo dated October 1, 2007 of Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei giving a gift during a ceremony to the mother of a martyr from the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

File photo dated October 1, 2007 of Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei giving a gift during a ceremony to the mother of a martyr from the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turks' New Year wishlist highlights lingering economic chill

STORY: Turks' New Year wishlist highlights lingering economic chill SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets and those shopping in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SERPIL BAHAR, Former nurse, Pensioner 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): OYA SEN, Former teacher, Pensioner 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): ARDA KARAGUN, University student STORYLINE: It's New Year shopping season in Türkiye's capital city Ankara but inflation-hit consumers cannot meet their wishlist because of a lackluster economy. In the Kizilay district, considered the commercial heart of the city, the mood among shoppers is bleak as they told Xinhua that because of high inflation their purchasing power dropped significantly. Due to financial constraints, consumers said that they plan to limit gift-giving to close family or not celebrate New Year at all. Türkiye has been in the grip of staggering inflation for several years and the situat

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Madrid resumes 83 pct of direct flights to China

STORY: Madrid resumes 83 pct of direct flights to China DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Madrid and tourists 2. Hebei event in Madrid 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ALMUDENA MAILLO, Delegate councilor for Tourism of the Madrid City Council 4. various shots of meeting between Madrid and Hebei province governments 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ALMUDENA MAILLO, Delegate councilor for Tourism of the Madrid City Council 6. Chinese tourists in Madrid 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAI YUHU, Vice Director of Culture and Tourism, Government of Hebei Province 8. Gift-giving ceremony STORYLINE: Eighty-three percent of the direct flights that had connected Spain's capital Madrid with China's major cities before the COVID-19 pandemic have already been resumed, Madrid City Council's Tourism Department said on Thursday. At a cultural and tourist interchange event co-organized in Madrid by the department and China's Hebei Province, Almudena Maillo, Madrid City's

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Staff fired up for summer gift-giving time

TOKYO, Japan - Staff at Sogo and Seibu Co. department store in Tokyo fire themselves up on May 20, 2014 to spearhead the summer gift-giving season, the first such season since the consumer taxes were raised on April 1.

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Chocolates for Valentine's Day gift

TOKYO, Japan - Young women choose decorative items for Valentine's Day chocolates at a store in Musashino, Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2011, the eve of the gift-giving day. Girls and women customarily give chocolates as gifts in Japan on Feb. 14.

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Summer gift-giving

OSAKA, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony marking the start of accepting orders for ''chugen'' summer gifts in western Japan at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 19, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are some of the popular items people give in a Japanese custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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(2)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

OSAKA, Japan - Many gift items on display at an Osaka department store feature the logo of the Hanshin Tigers, which clinched the Central League championship for the first time in 18 years. Major department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season on Nov. 1, hoping to recover some of the losses incurred during the prolonged economic slump.

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(1)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shop assistants invite shoppers to taste samples at a department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, as department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season. on Nov. 1. Department store sales in Japan have marked losses year on year for 18 straight months, due to slow consumer spending caused by the sluggish economy.

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Chinese companies in Egypt donate to those in need in Ramadan

STORY: Chinese companies in Egypt donate to those in need in Ramadan DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of gifts donated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce 2. shots of Ramadan gift boxes donated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce 3. shots of Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang checking a gift box donated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce 4. shots of Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang giving a speech during the charitable event 5. shots of head of the Egyptian Society for Integrated Development Hanaa Ismail giving a speech 6. shots of the charitable event 7. shots of Egyptian children taking part in the charitable event 8. shots of gift boxes donated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce STORYLINE: More than 30 Chinese companies in Egypt have taken the chance of a Ramadan charity event in Cairo to donate 1 million Egyptian pounds (about 54,245 U.S. dollars) to help local families in need, said the organizers on Satu

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Summer gift-giving season in western Japan

Staff at a Kintetsu department store in Osaka raise their voices on May 18, 2016, as the day marks the start in the Kansai western Japan region of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts, with some of them wearing warrior outfits signifying a battle against rival department stores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan having upbeat gift-giving season on stock gains

Staff at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka raise their voices on May 13, 2015, at the start of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts in western Japan. Some gift packages cost 20,000 yen each as the Nikkei Stock Average a month earlier rose above the 20,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan having upbeat gift-giving season on stock gains

A sales clerk (R) serves a customer at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 13, 2015, at the start of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts in western Japan. Some gift packages cost 20,000 yen each as the Nikkei Stock Average a month earlier rose above the 20,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st rental gift recipient of fuel cell car Mirai

Company employee Yukiko Tsukamoto (L) and her grandmother Hiroko pose in front of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on May 1, 2015. Tsukamoto became the first person to use the car as a gift in exchange for giving "hometown tax" donations to the central Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Summer gift-giving

OSAKA, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony marking the start of accepting orders for ''chugen'' summer gifts in western Japan at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 19, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are some of the popular items people give in a Japanese custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help. (Kyodo)

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Chocolates for Valentine's Day gift

TOKYO, Japan - Young women choose decorative items for Valentine's Day chocolates at a store in Musashino, Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2011, the eve of the gift-giving day. Girls and women customarily give chocolates as gifts in Japan on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)

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(1)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shop assistants invite shoppers to taste samples at a department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, as department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season. on Nov. 1. Department store sales in Japan have marked losses year on year for 18 straight months, due to slow consumer spending caused by the sluggish economy. (Kyodo)

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(2)Stores start campaigns for year-end gift season

OSAKA, Japan - Many gift items on display at an Osaka department store feature the logo of the Hanshin Tigers, which clinched the Central League championship for the first time in 18 years. Major department stores nationwide started their campaigns for the annual ''oseibo'' year-end gift-giving season on Nov. 1, hoping to recover some of the losses incurred during the prolonged economic slump. (Kyodo)

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'Official' Santa Claus arrives in Japan

NARITA - The ''official Santa Claus'' as designated by Finnish authorities waves upon arriving at Narita airport outside Tokyo on Nov. 29. Santa is scheduled to spend about two weeks in Japan to spread Christmas cheer in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukui and Fukuoka. He will visit kindergartens and appear at gift-giving events.

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Sushi-resembling diapers prove popular as baby gift in Japan

Noriyuki Monda, an employee of Wire Mama, a childcare information magazine publisher in Tokushima, shows an assortment of sushi-resembling diapers with baby soaps and bibs used as colorful "toppings" to resemble squid and shrimp, in the western Japanese city on Sept. 4, 2017. Taking a hint from the western practice of giving a "diaper cake" as a baby shower gift, Monda developed a "diaper sushi," which has been a big hit since the company started its sale in 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan department store marks start to summer gift-giving season

Sales staff at a Kintetsu department store in Osaka pump their fists and shout a morale-boosting slogan on May 10, 2017, as the department store begins taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo