Inflation by stealth: How Japan's firms fight the frugal retail psyche

 businesses in the world's third-largest economy are adopting new methods to lift prices, from artificial intelligence 

How about focusing global market instead only focusing on domestic one? Does AI tell that?

How about focusing global market instead only focusing on domestic one? 

You think they can sell haircuts done in Japan to people in New York ?

I haven’t been a barber shop in Japan in years as I cut my hair myself.

Savings are substantial!

don't see how government says there's no inflation. prices haven't risen cause those sneaky retailers keep cutting the volume so you get less for the same money.