Dept. stores begin 2009 business with price-cuts

Dept. stores begin 2009 business with price-cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Customers buy traditional lucky bags at a department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 2. Major Japanese department stores kicked off their business for 2009 the same day, cutting prices to attract increasingly thrifty consumers amid a recessionary economy.

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