Still, the worry on Wall Street is that Johnson won't be able to turn around business fast enough to finance the transformation of its stores.

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After the Olympics came a vast transformation to the current Michelin star-studded gastronomic paradise, likewise a renaissance for office towers, shinkansen fast trains, freeways and, later, mass foreign tourism with a strong currency and credit cards.

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