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Workers stage Japan’s first strike in decades to protest department store sale to U.S. fund

Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has seen in decades. Some 900 workers at the flagship Seibu store in the bustling district of Ikebukuro are protesting the sale of Sogo &…