A menu listing a seafood rice bowl priced at 12,000 yen, among other dishes, is seen at a restaurant in the Niseko Hirafu Area, in the town of Kutchan, Hokkaido, Oct. 29, 2025. (Mainichi/Ayako ...

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When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 yen in 2016, its somber-faced management appeared in a one-minute commercial, bowing silently in apology as a melancholy folk ...

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