Engagement, wedding ring sales rise

Engagement, wedding ring sales rise

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a jewelry shop inside a department store in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Sales of engagement and wedding rings have increased sharply at major department stores in Sendai in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with many couples apparently buying them as a proof of ties deepened by the disaster.

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  • 2011/8/16 00:00:00
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