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Shiseido is answering its customers' concerns regarding the pandemic and other matters, partly with a digital in-store shopping experience and refill stations. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

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TOKYO/SHANGHAI/SEOUL -- Tokyo's Ginza is suffering, bereft of the throngs of Chinese tourists who used to step off buses every day eager to shop in its tony emporiums. But one time-honored boutique is using the lull to upend the shopping experience.

It is a cosmetics shop that started out as a pharmacy almost 150 years ago and has since become famous for the in-person makeup tutorials its beauty consultants offer.

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