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Chinese shoppers a boon to Japan's flagging retailers

By Martin Foster | 5 December 2011
Keywords: retail | dai ichi life | mitsui sumitomo | yodobashi camera

Chinese shoppers are rushing to Japan to pick up products unavailable at home, which is a boon for a retail industry suffering from falling household spending.

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