The Japan Times<p>Are heat waves and guerrilla rainstorms keeping the Japanese from shopping as much as they used to? The answer is complicated. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/26/economy/climate-change-consumption-japanese-shoppers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2024</span><span class="invisible">/08/26/economy/climate-change-consumption-japanese-shoppers/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatwaves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumerspending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerspending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guerrillarainstorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guerrillarainstorms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>