THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 5, 2023 at 17:35 JST
The women’s clothing section of a department store in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward is busy selling 'fukubukuro' lucky bags on Jan. 2. (Shigetaka Kodama)
New Year’s sales at the nation’s top department stores outperformed last year’s, as consumers turned out in droves thanks to the absence of COVID-19 restrictions and nicer weather. [Read More]
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