As pandemic spurs a tidying-up frenzy, Japan's market for second-hand goods booms

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When Japan announced a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic this year, people were urged to declutter their homes to pass the time, with Tokyo's governor even roping in household-organising celebrity Marie Kondo in promotional videos.

TOKYO - When Japan announced a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic this year, people were urged to declutter their homes to pass the time, with Tokyo’s governor even roping in household-organising celebrity Marie Kondo in promotional videos.

Mitsuko Iwama, a 71-year-old housewife, is a case in point. Pre-pandemic, she would have been spending a lot of time at the gym but after being stuck at home and cleaning her closets more often, she decided to part ways with kimonos that her parents bought her decades ago. Buysell Technologies Co Ltd, the company used by Iwama which collects goods from people’s homes and resells them through online stores and at old-style in-person auctions, has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of pandemic-induced tidying.

Similarly, Mercari Inc, which operates a popular flea market app, reported a 52% jump in sales for its July-September quarter compared with the same period a year earlier.

 

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疫情期间保持社交距离不是限制自由,而是对自己、对他人生命的基本尊重。

Let go of 185 lbs of clutter. He’s now on the second hands market.

Well at least the citizens there listen to what they’re told. People here in the US still do whatever the hell they want

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Now they have loads of other people's stuff

How do decluttering and second hand goods market help to slow the spread?

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