Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(01 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourists walk past a Toshiba Corp. rice cooker on display at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(02 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourists carry bags of purchased goods while leaving a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(03 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourists gathered around luggage stand waiting for a tour bus outside a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(04 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourists pack purchases into suitcases outside a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(05 of27)
Open Image ModalA Chinese tourist, left, prepares to pack a handbag into a suitcase outside a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(06 of27)
Open Image ModalA store attendant counts Japanese 1,000 bank notes as she returns change to a Chinese customer at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(07 of27)
Open Image ModalA Chinese tourist removes Japanese 10,000 yen bank notes from her purse while making a purchase at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(08 of27)
Open Image ModalA Chinese passport sits on a glass display case as a tourist, not seen, inspects wrist watches at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(09 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourists take a photograph of a wrist watch with a smartphone while browsing at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(10 of27)
Open Image ModalAn advertisement for Patek Philippe SA wrist watches is displayed at a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists At Laox Duty Free Store Ahead Of Chinese New Year Holiday(11 of27)
Open Image ModalChinese tourist disembark a tour bus outside a Laox Co. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Foreign visitors to Japan rose 29% year on year to a record a 13.4 million in 2014, said Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta on Jan. 20. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Retail Inside The Laox Co. Ginza Store(12 of27)
Open Image ModalPromotional signs written in Chinese advertise rice cookers, right, as customers browse inside the Laox Co. Ginza store in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. With the Bank of Japan\'s preferred benchmark gauge showing inflation at more than half of its target 2 percent pace, the central bank may wait to assess trends in wages and the effects of a sales-tax increase in April before deciding on any extra stimulus. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Retail Inside The Laox Co. Ginza Store(13 of27)
Open Image ModalPromotional signs written in Chinese advertise rice cookers at the Laox Co. Ginza store in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. With the Bank of Japan\'s preferred benchmark gauge showing inflation at more than half of its target 2 percent pace, the central bank may wait to assess trends in wages and the effects of a sales-tax increase in April before deciding on any extra stimulus. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Chinese Tourists On Lunar New Year At Laox Electronics Store(23 of27)
Open Image ModalA group of Chinese tourists stands outside a Laox Co. electronics store after their shopping in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Chinese visits to Japan rose last month, the first increase since Japan\'s March 11 earthquake and a sign recovery for the nation\'s tourism industry may be near. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Chinese Tourists On Lunar New Year At Laox Electronics Store(24 of27)
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Chinese Tourists On Lunar New Year At Laox Electronics Store(26 of27)
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Tokyo's Electric Town Woos China Tourists As Japanese Cut Back(27 of27)
Open Image ModalPromotional signs written in Chinese are displayed as tourists from China browse through a Laox Co. shop in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Chinese shoppers in Akihabara outspend all other nationalities, according to the local tourism body, parting with over four times more cash than their U.S. counterparts. The district\'s stores are hiring Mandarin and Cantonese speakers and putting up seven-foot tall billboards to bolster tourism, one of Prime Minister Naoto Kan\'s pushes to counter an estimated $13 billion annual drop in domestic consumption. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)