Consumer & Retail

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  Workman Cuts Workwear From ¥4,400 to ¥3,400 and Profit Rises 50%

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-15
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  Supermarket Rice Price Rises for the First Time in Seven Weeks to 3,220 Yen per 5kg

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
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  Chinese Brands Push Sub-80,000-Yen Air Conditioners Before Japan's 2027 Efficiency Rules

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
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  Japan Brands Join Laos' Largest Mixed-Use Commercial Facility

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
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  Kura Sushi's Waste-Cutting Extra Portions Mistaken for Special Treatment, Spreading 40 Million Times

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
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  An Odawara Umeboshi Maker Sells Worldwide, Led by a German Employee

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
• Fitness Center Bankruptcies Surge Amid Health Boom

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
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  Fitness Gym Bankruptcies Rise at Record Pace Despite the Health Boom

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-14
• Skyraku to Launch Ghost Restaurants in April

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Skylark to Open Ghost Restaurants Timed to April's Food Tax Cut

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Google Store Omotesando Opens August 13 With Three Floors and In-Store Repairs

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
• Google Opens First Japanese Store in Tokyo's Omotesando

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Google Opens First Japanese Store in Tokyo's Omotesando

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
• Bookstores Struggle: 40% in the Red, Survival Strategies Emerge

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Bookstores Struggle: 40% in the Red, Survival Strategies Emerge

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Saint Marc Cafe Overhauls Its Menu for the First Time Since Founding

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-13
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  Chicken and Pork Retail Prices Hit Record High in August Survey

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-12
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  A 1.5 Million Yen Walk-In Cooler Sells 300 Units in Four Months

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-12
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  Prime Locations See Store Closures

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-12
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  CHOIS Vol.7: 68 Brands Preview Spring/Summer 2027

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-12
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  Ninety Years of Yanagi's Museum: Ten Tokyo Shops for Craft and Folk Objects, From a 1933 Ginza Institution to the Gap Left by a Nishi-azabu Closure

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-11
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  Rakuten Group Reports Record Revenue, Sharp Drop in Loss

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-10
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  Ten Vintage Shops in Shimokitazawa and Koenji: The First Summer After the Landmark Went Dark, and the Tax Break Moves to the Airport on 1 November

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-10
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  The 'Unpopular Price Hikes' Driving Customers Away in Japan's Inflation Era

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-10
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  Gyoza no Manshu: How a ¥10 Billion Saitama Chain Holds Its Price Point

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-10
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  From Bank Clerk to Street Stall: The Economics of a Tokyo Mobile Bar

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-10
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  Hidden Gem in Yokohama: Multicultural Nightlife and Crab-Walking Streets

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-09
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  Inside Ikebukuro's Deep Chinese Food Court, Where the Whole Menu Is Unfamiliar

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-09
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  Why a Brewer Serves Water First: Seven Prototypes Behind a Wobbling Glass

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-09
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  HATAGO Launches Fuji Mountain Scent on August 11

  Consumer & Retail · 2026-08-09