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Japanese beer imports top 100,000 tons for 1st time in 2025 on rising demand
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Investing.com
· Jul 10, 2026
Japan’s wholesale prices spike in July on higher energy costs, weak yen
Japan’s wholesale prices spike in July on higher energy costs, weak yen
The Japan Times
· Jul 11, 2026
Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan
Shop owners in Japan are seeing a deluge of overseas customers, and buyers outside Japan say the costs to stock their stores have doubled or even tripled.
South China Morning Post
· Jul 12, 2026
Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by plane, spends freely and is, increasingly, what Tokyo is banking its economic future on. Last year, 42.7 million foreign visitors arrived in the country, a record that shattered the previous year’s high by nearly 16 per cent. Now Tokyo wants to turn that surge into something more lasting: a permanent pillar of growth to rival, or even outlast, the industries that built modern Japan. To achieve that...
Borneo Bulletin
· Jul 4, 2026
Inflation: Japan food delivery firms at crossroads
Inflation: Japan food delivery firms at crossroads
Seeking Alpha
· Jul 1, 2026
Yen Carry Trade Is Back; Where Will The Money Go?
Yen Carry Trade Is Back; Where Will The Money Go?
The Economic Times
· Jun 28, 2026
Asia's food vendors hit by soaring plastic costs
Asia's food vendors hit by soaring plastic costs
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Related coverage for "Japanese beer imports top 100,000 tons for 1st time in 2025 on rising demand": Investing.com — Japan’s wholesale prices spike in July on higher energy costs, weak yen. The Japan Times — Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan . South China Morning Post — Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them. Borneo Bulletin — Inflation: Japan food delivery firms at crossroads. Seeking Alpha — Yen Carry Trade Is Back; Where Will The Money Go?. The Economic Times — Asia's food vendors hit by soaring plastic costs