Japan's department store sales dropped in 2025

Sales at Japan's department stores fell for the first time in five years in 2025. China's advisory to its citizens to avoid ...

Number of Chinese customers at Japan department stores dives over 40% in December as ties sour

Gloomy prospects are expected during the Chinese New Year holidays in February. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Japan Today

Chinese customers at Japan department stores dive 40% in December

Department stores in Japan saw the number of Chinese customers and their duty-free purchases both dive about 40 percent in December from a year earlier, amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the ...
KTVU

Japanese department store backtracks on plans for menstruating female employees to wear special badge

OSAKA, Japan - Officials with a Japanese department store are reportedly reconsidering plans for female employees to wear a special badge when they are menstruating. According to The Japan Times, the ...
KXAN

Japan’s Sogo & Seibu department stores are being sold to a US fund as 900 workers go on strike

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i ...
Stars and Stripes

On-base lodging prices fall in Japan after steep per diem hike last year

DOD travelers headed to Japan can breathe easier now that on-base lodging is returning to relatively normal prices following ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Japan’s Sogo & Seibu department stores are being sold to a US fund as 900 workers go on strike

TOKYOTOKYO — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, even as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement ...