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Japan eager to welcome foreign tourists amid cheap yen

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.