"If they don't match Japanese lifestyles,(foreign brands)the products won't sell in big numbers."
Source: AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN, BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
quotes from editor-in-chief Atsushi Matsubara told
BusinessWeek magazine in February 2009.
Manuel Panagiotopoulos and Andrew Cornell
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