{
  "id": 15728334,
  "title": "Japan convenience store Sept. sales up 0.5% on electronic cigarette demand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-convenience-store-sept-sales-up-0-5-on-electronic-cigarette",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T09:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261020/p2g/00m/0bu/032000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Convenience store sales in Japan rose 0.5 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the third straight month of increase, par",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}