Crunch Time for Japan, Inc.

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Customer buys canned drink from a vending machine in front of a typical family-run shop on a "shoutengai" shopping street in Tokyo have been decreasing in number as their financial viability have decreased and owners have aged. If times were not hard enough, the recent economic crisis has come down hardest on such shops where the profit margin is most fragile, Taito Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Customer buys canned drink from a vending machine in front of a typical family-run shop on a "shoutengai" shopping street in Tokyo have been decreasing in number as their financial viability have decreased and owners have aged. If times were not hard enough, the recent economic crisis has come down hardest on such shops where the profit margin is most fragile, Taito Ku, Tokyo, Japan.