Several factors conspiring to help consumers in certain enclaves loosen their purse strings
Despite uncertainties lingering over Japan’s economy, personal consumption is increasing in certain pockets of the country. For that, thank the pump-priming effects of reconstruction, a new shinkansen bullet train line and other special factors. The challenge now is to find ways to turn the here-and-there sprees into a nationwide splurge that can help to pull the economy out if its funk. …