Japan eyewear chain Jins to open AI-equipped flagship store in central Tokyo

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Jins new Ginza flagship store in Tokyo will serve its overseas expansion by collecting data on overseas customers. (Photo by Shohei Kanaya)

TOKYO — Japanese eyewear chain operator Jins Holdings is opening a flagship location in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district, equipped with a multilingual generative-AI system that will recommend glasses to customers, particularly foreign tourists.