Tourists are flocking to Japan to scoop up high-end clothes and handbags at a discount thanks to the weak yen currency. Luxury goods companies like Louis...
TOKYO - Tourists are flocking to Japan to scoop up high-end clothes and handbags at a discount thanks to the weak yen currency . Luxury goods companies like Louis Vuitton parent LVMH would rather they stayed home and shopped.
"It's cheaper," said Zhang, who carried two Louis Vuitton shopping bags and one from sportswear brand Onitsuka Tiger on a recent Saturday in Tokyo's high-end Ginza district. The yen would have to strengthen to around 136 to the dollar to put the bag's Japanese price at parity with China. The currency was at 149.30 on Thursday, not far off its strongest in 4-1/2 months.
"Shopping, shopping, shopping," said Fumiko Annisa, who was visiting from Indonesia, about her itinerary.
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