Was puzzled how Black Friday invaded #Japan (with no Thanksgiving Day tradition) from USA where it was "associated with workforce absenteeism post-Thanksgiving [though] the term ”Black Friday” solidified by the 1980s, referring to the pivotal point where retailers purportedly shifted from loss...to profit (”in the black”)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
Seems the original culprit was Toys "R" Us-Japan in 2014😡
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC_(%E8%B2%B7%E3%81%84%E7%89%A9)
#excess #commercialism