Japan's department store sales rose 4.2% year on year in September, marking a ninth consecutive month of growth, according to the Japan Department Stores Association, which reported on October 23, 2026. Total sales reached about 443.4 billion yen ($2.82 billion). Domestic sales rose 2.1%, while tax-free sales to overseas visitors jumped 25.3%, a seventh straight monthly gain, to 49.6 billion yen, or 11.2% of total revenue. The number of overseas shoppers rose 5.9% to 491,000, while purchases by Chinese visitors fell about 15% in headcount but rose about 7% in sales. Sales in the 10 major city areas grew 5.3%, far ahead of the 0.2% rise in the other seven regions.
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