In the latest in a very long line of moves designed to encourage overseas tourists to return to Japan post-March 11, several major retailers have decided to offer discounts to shoppers based on the color of their passports.
According to today?s Nikkei newspaper, department-store giant Isetan Mitsukoshi is knocking off 5 percent at the register for shoppers from ?China, Taiwan and other foreign markets.?
Oddly, said folk have to hold one of a selection of credit cards from their home countries, but must pay cash in Japan, as their cards won?t work when they?re overseas anyway.
Trending topicElsewhere, popular gadget- and white-goods store Bic Camera has already kicked off a scheme to reward foreign folk snapping up waffle irons and whatnot from its shelves.
It is, apparently, separate from Bic?s longstanding point-card scheme for domestic shoppers, if you?re curious.
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