Visitors to Japan look for cheaper, trendier buys

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A foreign tourist looks for products at a Matsumoto Kiyoshi drugstore in Tokyo's Taito Ward.

KEITA SUZUKI and KENICHIRO TOYODA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/OSAKA -- The spending habits of foreign tourists in Japan are changing, shifting away from bulk buying of expensive products toward trendier ones popular with Japanese consumers.

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