{"id":145610,"date":"2022-03-25T13:48:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T04:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=145610&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T04:49:40","slug":"kumamon-character-goods-sales-top-one-trillion-yen","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kumamon-character-goods-sales-top-one-trillion-yen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamon Character Goods Sales Top One Trillion Yen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Kumamoto Prefecture, annual sales of Kumamon items have continued to grow since the survey began in 2011; only 2021 saw reduced sales (\u00a5154.6 billion) under the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic. While the mascot appears on packages ranging from domestic agricultural products to confectioneries in Japan, it has also become a popular stuffed toy and tableware in China, Taiwan, and France.\u3000<\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20220323\/k00\/00m\/040\/313000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20220323-OYTNT50073\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_kumamon_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_kumamon_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_kumamon_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_kumamon_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_kumamon_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000088.000058711.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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