Spike in bad customer behaviour in Japan sees firms like 7-Eleven push back
An increase in abusive customers, which in extreme cases has driven workers to suicide, is seeing some Japanese companies ...
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From Ikea to Muji, foreign lifestyle brands are still betting big on Chinese consumers
Singaporean massage-chair maker Osim, Swedish furniture chain Ikea and Japanese home-goods retailer Muji all said they would ...
Married to fiction: Japanese man’s relationship with virtual star Hatsune Miku sheds light on fictosexuality and rise of parasocial bonds
Akihiko Kondo, a 41-year-old man from Japan, has been married to Hatsune Miku, a fictional 16-year-old pop star created ...