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Happy customer, happy retailer. A tourist from the United States leaves Laox’s store in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district with a luxury watch. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
TOKYO — On the opening day in May for a luxury store in Tokyo’s Ginza high-end shopping district, Victoria Aponte from Puerto Rico was gazing at a display of expensive watches, in search of a Rolex.
