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Int'l toymakers gather in Tokyo to showcase products
By Xinhua Published: Jun 09, 2023 10:18 AM
A visitor looks at toys exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)

A visitor looks at toys exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A visitor looks at toys exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)

A visitor looks at toys exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
This photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows a toy exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)

This photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows a toy exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A visitor poses for photos with a character performer at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)

A visitor poses for photos with a character performer at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2023. The International Tokyo Toy Show, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit their latest products to an estimated 90,000 visitors.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
The 2023 International Tokyo Toy Show, one of the largest toy trade fairs in the world, opened Thursday at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center as toymakers gathered to showcase their latest products.

The four-day event, running from Thursday to Sunday, is expected to bring together 156 firms worldwide to exhibit some 35,000 toys to an estimated 90,000 visitors.

Chinese toymakers, many from the "toy capital," the southern Chinese city of Shantou, participated in the exhibition.

The show will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, while the first two days are confined to business-related visitors and the press.

According to data from the Japan Toy Association, the country's toy market size went up 106.7 percent year on year to reach 952.5 billion yen (about 6.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.