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TOKYO -- Japanese whisky prices on the secondary market have dropped in recent months, deflating what some observers have called a bubble reflecting global economic trends, particularly China's slowdown.
"High-end domestic whiskies have fallen by 15% to nearly 20% across the board" from the peak, said Jun Mochinushi, who works in the appraisal department at BuySell Technologies, a company dealing in brand-name goods. Mochinushi noted that while prices were trending upward in the first half of 2024, they began sliding around June or July.
