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Worried Chinese shoppers scrimp, dimming the appeal of a Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] HONG KONG–Shoppers in China have been tightening their purse strings, raising questions over how faltering consumer confidence may affect Saturday’s annual Singles’ Day online retail extravaganza. Singles Day, also…
Worried Chinese shoppers scrimp, dimming appeal of Singles’ Day | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] HONG KONG–Shoppers in China have been tightening their purse strings, raising questions over how faltering consumer confidence may affect Saturday’s annual Singles’ Day online retail extravaganza. Singles Day, also…
Famed Chinese universities set up in Tokyo: Will they succeed? | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] A university campus with five classrooms opened on a floor of a building in Tokyo’s Yotsuya district in June. Called Tokyo College, the educational institution is the first overseas branch…
Hot emergency food planned to lift spirits of disaster evacuees | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] Projects are under way to provide tasty hot meals to help ease the despair of people during perhaps the worst times of their lives. Currently, in the aftermath of…
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] Dragonfly– so fast the rhythm of the waves–Giuliana Ravaglia (Bologna, Italy) * * * dragonfly seasondrifting in the lullabyof windblown rushes–John Hawkhead (Bradford on Avon, England) * * *…
Upscale hotels tap into Kyushu’s potential to lure wealthy tourists | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] Luxury hotels are increasingly opening around Kyushu on expectations that wealthy tourists will flock to Japan’s main southern island. Although pricey accommodations are operating in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture…
Small businesses fret as start of new invoice system looms | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] Oct. 1 will mark a major turning point in Japan’s consumption tax rate with the start of an invoice system. Small businesses and freelance workers fret that they may face…
Hong Kong’s appetite for Japanese seafood as strong as ever | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] HONG KONG–Hong Kong’s voracious appetite for Japanese seafood remains undiminished despite stricter inspections that have sharply delayed customs procedures after Tokyo began releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima…
Fukushima firms look to Europe after import ban finally lifted | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
[ad_1] SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture–Now that the European Union has lifted import restrictions on Fukushima Prefecture’s food products, local companies finally see light at the end of the tunnel overseas after…