TOKYO: It's hard to tell from his serious demeanor, but Akky International Corp. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hideyuki Abe can barely contain his excitement.
Foreign tourists are coming back, those money-laden visitors from abroad who used to flock into his colorful store in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, cluttered with watches and souvenirs like samurai swords and toy cats with bobbing heads.
Akky International Corp. chief Hideyuki Abe looks around his store in the Akihbara electronics district of Japan’s capital Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2022. AP PHOTO