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Back in 2019, just before the pandemic, the annual number of overseas tourists to Japan peaked at a record high 31.9 million, before dropping drastically to 4.1 million the following year, and then 245,000 in 2021. Needless to say, businesses that relied heavily on income from international tourists suffered greatly in…
The number of people specialising in traditional crafts has declined dramatically in Japan over the years, prompting real concerns about the future of maintaining the country’s long-storied cultural traditions. So when one swordsmith in Japan recently announced on Twitter that they were looking to hand down generations of knowledge to a hard-working…
Japanese convenience stores are known for being convenient, but now they’re set to become even more so, thanks to a new trial of non-contact self-checkouts coming to select 7-Eleven stores next month. Dubbed the “Digi POS“, the new registers are said to feature the “world’s first” non-contact/aerial display technology for POS…