A "tax free" sign written in English, Chinese and Korean is displayed at a shop popular with tourists from Chinese-speaking countries in the upscale Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, February 19, 2015. [Photo: CFP] Chinese shoppers are ...
Tags: Chinese Shopping, "tax free", Japan
Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Light Industry
The Tokyo government has posted nearly 300 NFC location tags around the upscale Ginza shopping district and released an Android app to interact with them as part of an experiment to help guide shoppers. The latest trial, part of the ...
Tags: NFC location tags, Android app, Ginza shopping district