By RYO IKEDA/ Staff Writer
June 5, 2020 at 18:16 JST
Katsuhiko Inaba, the owner of the toy store, gives away accessories to his neighbor as he cleans up the store, which was closed at the end of May, on June 3. (Ryo Ikeda)
A traditional Japanese toy shop in business for more than a century is closing its doors for good on the Nakamise shopping street in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, another economic victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
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