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Food & Drink Feb 20, 2021

White Smoke: Upping the game for Japanese barbecue

by Jeremy Wilgus

Opportunity, preparedness and luck took entrepreneur Craig White from a single restaurant in Tokyo to a growing barbecue empire in Japan.

Walmart may be on the cusp of making its final checkout from the Japanese retail market

Business / Corporate | ANALYSIS Jul 31, 2018

Walmart may be on the cusp of making its final checkout from the Japanese retail market

by Cory Baird

With speculation rife that Walmart Inc. is seeking to offload Seiyu, its Japanese subsidiary, the U.S. retail behemoth's possible failure may be interpreted as the result of this country's ultracompetitive retail market. After all, other global supermarket operators, such as Britain's Tesco PLC and France's ...

FTC warns Costco Japan, Baron Park for engaging in gasoline price war

Business / Corporate Dec 25, 2015

FTC warns Costco Japan, Baron Park for engaging in gasoline price war

The nation's antimonopoly watchdog has issued a warning to two gasoline retailers, including the Japanese unit of U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp., over a price war that it said could have threatened the activities of competitors. Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. and Japanese oil products retailer ...

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