Department store companies on sale for pre-financing
July 27, 2018, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko purchases a premum towel called as Imabari towel as he attends a promotional event of the "Premium Friday" at the Isetan department store in Tokyo on Friday, July 27, 2018. The Premium Friday campaign promoted workers to leave office 3 p.m. in the afternoon of the last Friday of the month for the stimulation of consumption such as shopping. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-