Business
Japan dept. store sales rise 1.4% in June on robust tourist spending
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Department store sales in Japan rose 1.4 percent in June from a year earlier on a same-store basis, boosted by robust spending by foreign tourists and an earlier-than-usual start to s… Full article
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