Net shopping means unending flow of counterfeit brand-name goods

Came at a price: Counterfeit brand-name bags are lined up in July 2007, when Kobe Customs officials charged Japanese nationals who attempted to smuggle the fake goods after coming back to Okayama airport from China. | COURTESY OF JAPAN CUSTOMS

By Hiroko Nakata
Staff Writer

Jun 19, 2012

Luxury-brand bags, watches and shoes can easily be purchased on the Internet along with their cheaper counterfeit counterparts, which are illegal but nonetheless widespread.

Customs officials in recent years have made record seizures of counterfeit luxury-brand products imported from abroad.

Why are so many fake goods coming into Japan and which ones are in hot demand?

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Net shopping means unending flow of counterfeit brand-name goods

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