THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Few Chinese customers shopped at Kokumin Co.'s drugstore in Osaka's Shinsaibashi on Sept. 21, despite a large Chinese sign to welcome them under the banner of Shiseido. (Keiichi Kitagawa)
Japan's retail and tourism industries are facing a substantial drop in sales as a growing number of Chinese visitors are canceling their trips after the latest flare-up in the territorial row between the two countries.