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Originally Posted by ksandness

Department stores close once a week so that all the employees have the same day off...

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Originally Posted by lobsterdog

I can't think of any major department stores in Tokyo that aren't open seven days a week.

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Originally Posted by ksandness

Well, maybe that has changed recently, but it was a long-standing custom.

Each department store chain used to have one day a week (not Sunday) when stores were closed. According to an article I've read department stores closed 19.6 days a year on average in 1996. By 2014 this was reduced to just 1.5 days a year! There is now a trend to increase the number of closed days by certain department stores to 3-5 days a year. But some department stores are open 365 days a year including the New Year's Day.

http://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S11922848.html (in Japanese)

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