New Year Sales Start at Major Department Stores
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Jan. 2 (Jiji Press)--Major department stores in Japan started their New Year sales on Friday, the day after 2026 kicked off, offering varieties of "lucky bag" product packages to stimulate buying interest as much as possible amid inflation. Sogo & Seibu Co.'s Sogo store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, prepared about 30,000 lucky bags, including 2,026-yen packages containing jackets for ...
