Beginning last Wednesday, Aug. 24, the Ito Yokado supermarket chain announced a five-day sale at 120 of its branches in the greater Tokyo area. Among the reduced-price items were U.S. beef, Australian oranges and South African pineapples.
Recently, signs reading endaka kangen sēru (yen appreciation sale) have been sprouting up all over.
Web newspaper J-cast News (Aug. 23) noted that Tower Records had also announced reduced prices on certain imported music CDs from ¥1,000 to ¥888, both in its retail outlets and online.