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...remaining 90%, retailing just might be the sickest of the bunch. Large-scale stores are rare in Japan, so if you go shopping, chances are good that you'll find yourself in a joint like Yoko Nakamura's general store in Kamimoku, a hot springs resort hamlet of about 800 people, an hour and a half north of Tokyo by bullet train. Nakamura, the 73-year-old granddaughter-in-law of the store's founder, runs the place with two of her sons and their wives, selling beer and liquor, cigarettes, canned goods, toiletries and candy. Her store couldn...
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