Once the darling of Japanese stock investors, department stores have lagged the recent broad market rally and could fall further behind as a strong yen dents tourist spending power.

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Akuseki is part of the Tokara island chain south of Kyushu region, which has been rattled by 1,031 quakes since June 21 ...

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More than 1,000 earthquakes measuring 1 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale — including one that measured ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit south-western Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.