Convenience Store Sales grow 1% 09/24/2010
 Convenience store sales in August rose 1.0 percent from a year earlier on a same-store basis for the second consecutive month of growth, the Japan Franchise Association said Wednesday. The rise was thanks to strong sales of summer seasonal items, such as ice cream, amid scorching temperatures nationwide. Bargain Hunting at Japan's 100-Yen Stores 06/28/2010
 In this shopping-mad country, an all-time favourite are the 100-Yen Stores. For a little more than a dollar, savvy consumers can stock up on everything from origami paper to banana cases to milk carton-shaped erasers. Equivalents are known around the world, however, the Japanese make their Hyaki-En Shops a little more special by offering kawaii and rather high-qualitative stuff for every part of daily life.
1 Comment  Japan's consumer sentiment improved in May for the fifth straight month as an economic recovery helped ease concern over employment prospects, government data showed Thursday.
 Japan's unemployment rate fell for the second straight month in January and household spending posted solid growth despite a decline in wages -- further signs of recovery in the world's second largest economy.
 The Japanese economy is expected to show annualized real growth of 2.2 percent in the July-September period for the second consecutive quarterly expansion due partly to robust exports, according to eight private think tanks polled by Kyodo News. Also jobless figures hit a four-month showing further rise out of the economic crisis.
 Average Japanese monthly household spending rose a price-adjusted 2.6 percent in August from a year earlier to 290,972 yen, up for the first time in two months due partly to the effects of government stimulus measures, the government said Friday.
The average monthly income of salaried households came to 466,393 yen, down 2.0 percent in real terms, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a preliminary report. The spending figure compares with the average market forecast of a 0.2 percent fall in a Kyodo News survey. | Welcome to
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