Japan's Aeon offers video interpreters for foreign shoppers

Smartphone-based service handles 10 languages at 550 domestic stores

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A shopper at an Aeon store near Narita Airport uses the interpretation service on the smartphone.

YOSHIHIRO HARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese retailer Aeon has introduced a video interpreter service at roughly 550 of its domestic stores to serve the country's rising number of foreign shoppers.

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