‘Catnomics’: how Japan’s feline fixation has become an industry worth billions

They had been drawn to Yanaka Ginza, in the city’s north-east, by its historical association with cats, whose image adorns shopfronts and street signs, and where visitors can eat cat-shaped sweets and design hanko seals on a similar theme. Dog lovers will disagree, but Japanese folklore casts cats...

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