Consumer & Retail

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  Korean Upcycled Vegan Skincare Brand Lands in Japan via Cosme Kitchen Stores Nationwide

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-24
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  Japan Gasoline Holds at 170 Yen on Subsidies as Oil and Weak Yen Inflate the Bill

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-23
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  PayPay and Seven-Eleven Reportedly Merging Customer IDs Into 100-Million-Member Alliance

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-23
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  IKEA Toyosu Opens September 3 in LaLaport as Urban Small-Format Push Continues

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-23
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  Imported Beef and Pork Retail Prices Hit Record Highs as Weak Yen Bites

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-22
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  The Side Effect of iPhone Price Hikes: Refurbished Sales Jump 900 Percent

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-22
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  Who Pays for Docomo's 4.5 Percent Rewards? Behind Japan's One Percent Wall

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-22
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  Hacked, Delayed, Still Aiming for Record Profit: Asahi's Bold Script and Kirin's Footsteps

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-21
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  Tokyo Breakfast Guide 2026: Nine Morning Institutions

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-20
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  What Does '30% Tastier' Mean? The Gyoza Chain Boss Explains the Famous Slogan

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-19
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  Why Daikin's 'Doesn't Overcool' Air Conditioner Became a Hit

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-19
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  Food Court Wiped Out, Shops Vacant: A Kumamoto Mall Shows Japan's Retail Survival of the Fittest

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-19
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  Neither Cheapest nor Biggest: Decoding the Formula Behind Japan's Strongest Supermarket

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-19
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  【分析室】家計調査5月：消費「連6個月縮」的內裡——一輛車拖掉2.3個百分點，剔除後基調消費+2.6%六個月來首轉正

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Tokyo Bakery Guide 2026: Nine Essential Shops, From Kimuraya the Anpan Inventor and Asakusa's Two-Item Pelican to L'Atelier du Plaisir, Tabelog's No.1

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Apple Raises Japan Prices Across the Board: iPhone Up 10 Percent, Services Follow

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Can Flea-Market Apps and Department Stores Coexist? Retail's New Dialectic

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Apple Raises Music, One and iCloud+ Prices Worldwide, Japan Included

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Japan's Wedding Venue Business Hits a Curve: More Marriages, Flat Revenues

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Winning Vending Machines Never Stand Alone: JR East's Station Micro-Market Playbook

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Don Quijote Opens First Permanent Weekly Shonen Magazine Shops Targeting Late-Night Tourist Spending

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Winners and Losers of Early 2026: Japan's Surprising Bestseller Rankings in the Age of Thrift

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Apple Raises Prices Across Japan: iPhone, Watch and AirPods Up as Yen Weakness Bites

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-18
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  Japan Rice Prices Fall for Third Straight Week to 3403 Yen, Lowest in 21 Months

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-17
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  Tokyo Wagashi Masters 2026: Nine Historic Shops, From Shiose (Japan's Manju Originator, Est. 1349) and Toraya's Five Centuries of Yokan to Funabashiya's 450-Day Fermented Kuzumochi

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-17
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  Lawson Launches Ghost Restaurants Across Four Rural Japanese Prefectures

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-17
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  JT Files to Raise Ploom Stick Prices Ahead of October Heated Tobacco Tax Hike

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-17
• Michelin Launches 'Michelin Grape', Its First-Ever Wine Producer Selection: 94 Burgundy Domaines, 9 at the Top Tier

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-17
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  Tokyo Depachika 2026: Nine Department-Store Food Halls, From Isetan Shinjuku the 'King of Depachika' and Seibu Ikebukuro's 180-Shop Giant to Daimaru's Station-Side Hoppe Town

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-16
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  Tokyo Pancakes 2026: Nine Places From Asakusa's Copper-Griddle Hotcakes and Ginza's Four-Hour-Queue Hokkaido Hotcake to the Harajuku Whipped-Cream Tower That Started It All

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-07-15