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Japan's eyewear prices rise as country's vision fails

 03-Sep-17, Nkkei Asian Review 

Eyewear prices are rising in Japan as low-end retailers boost lineups of pricier products and high-end retailers offer ritzier services.

Japans eyewear prices rise as countrys vision fails (c) Nikkei Asian Review

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For the fiscal year through August 2016, the average price of glasses hit an all-time high of 7,400 yen (USD68), up 19% from  2014. Yasunori Kitagaito, manager of retailer Jins' design group, said a growing number of customers in their 40s and 50s are buying bifocals and other high value-added lenses, pushing up prices.

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