Beaujolais Nouveau Season in Japan again

It's that time of year again when Beaujolais Nouveau wine hits the market in Japan. When I was working at Takashimaya we would start taking orders for these wines more than a month out. According to this article in The Japan Times it states that sales are on the decrease in Japan. I was surprised to see though that 46% of the Beaujolais Nouveau wines are imported to Japan. Then again, seeing how much of it we sold, I should not be surprised.