One year on, Elizabeth Beattie joins us to discuss where Itaewon stands after its Halloween disaster, and what its legacy means for celebrations in Japan.
"Between the declining value of the Japanese yen, higher prices for materials and other factors, the cost of procurement of some merchandise has risen sharply," the staff member of a chain of 100-yen shops tells Yukan Fuji (Jun. 17). "Since we're 100-yen shops, we can't raise our prices; it's more…