{"id":134301,"date":"2020-07-30T12:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=134301&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-07-30T12:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:22:41","slug":"tax-free-laox-closes-all-shops-in-kyushu-and-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/tax-free-laox-closes-all-shops-in-kyushu-and-okinawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Free LAOX Closes all Shops in Kyushu and Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAOX will close all its shops in Kyushu and Okinawa, reflecting upon unclear prospects for international tourism related to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The major duty-free shop operator currently operates 24 shops across Japan. However, half of those shops, including six in Kyushu and one in Okinawa, will be closed shortly. Meanwhile, the shops are currently working to shift their business style to suit the demands of domestic customers better. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20200728\/k10012536931000.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/laox-018.jpg?resize=1400%2C1049&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1049\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/laox-018.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/laox-018.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/laox-018.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/laox-018.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#fukuokacorona<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#fukuokacovid19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all of our Kyushu &#038; Fukuoka local news reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FukuokaNow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fukuokanews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fukuokanow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area related news for the benefit of those who cannot read Japanese. Contents posted here are mostly summaries of publicly posted news stories from Japanese media organizations. Errors might occur during translation. Those errors are ours, and not the source\u2019s. Photos and images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only. Please use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/contact\/\">this form<\/a> to send feedback and questions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAOX will close all its shops in Kyushu and Okinawa, reflecting upon unclear prospects for international tourism related to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The major duty-free shop operator currently operates 24 shops across Japan. However, half of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29452,"featured_media":106274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-134301","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/134301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}