Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - A female customer (L) listens to a sales clerk on how to handle tools at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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