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CHINESE TOURISTS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2016
Chinese ¡®explosive shopping¡¯ boom turns to Japanese cosmetics, supplements
The spending power of Chinese tourists in Japan is so impressive there¡¯s a special word for it: bakugai, or explosive buying.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2016
Chinese tourist spending under threat as yuan slides 10% against yen
Chinese tourists tumbling off buses into the Laox duty-free store in Tokyo¡¯s bustling Ginza district say the yuan¡¯s drop against the yen may make them think twice about splurging during their shopping tours.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2015
All aboard Tokyo¡¯s yellow Hato Bus as China tourists surge
London isn¡¯t the only city with an iconic bus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2015
High-end Tokyo stores cash in on China¡¯s weeklong holiday
High-end stores in Tokyo are vying for Chinese visitors at the outset of a weeklong vacation marking China¡¯s national day.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 30, 2015
Chinese tourists fueling boom in sightseeing buses
The surge in Chinese visitors to Japan is sparking a boom in demand for tour buses to take them shopping and sightseeing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2015
Why Chinese tourists love Japan
Despite the apparent ill will that Beijing, and occasionally the Chinese public, express toward Tokyo, Chinese tourists can¡¯t seem to get enough of Japan. In 2014, Chinese visits to Japan increased 83 percent on the previous year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 6, 2014
Foreign tourists expected to take up (some of) the slack in consumption
Food and beverages have been added to the duty-free list.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2014
Since MH370 vanished, Thai coup erupted, Chinese tourists steering clear of Southeast Asia
China¡¯s biggest online travel agency is offering a 30 percent discount on trips to Southeast Asia¡¯s beaches and malls. The Chinese aren¡¯t buying it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 14, 2014
Will rice cookers save the Japanese home electronics industry?
The Chinese have discovered Japanese rice, and it could be a big deal.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Oct 21, 2007
Get on the bus: An Asian neighbor¡¯s view of Japan
Mr. Zhang, a businessman from Wuxi with a passing resemblance to Steve McQueen, is what his countrymen refer to as ¡°a proud Chinese.¡± Kicking pebbles outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where our tour bus has dropped us for a 30-minute wander, he announces, ¡°Japan is a small country. We Chinese are...
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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