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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 14, 2013
Convenience store companies boost employee income, engage in one-upmanship
Convenience stores a leading the way for higher employee wages, but is it enough?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 29, 2011
Convenience stores gear up for a brighter future
Convenience store chains plan to open thousands of new outlets next year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 5, 2011
B-kyu boom: The magnificence of the mediocre
There's a B-kyu (class) for everything, which doesn't make it any less important.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 13, 2011
China: the next frontier for konbini
Japan's convenience store monoliths begin taking bigger steps into the lucrative Chinese market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 12, 2010
Some konbeni snacks with your favorite anime?
Anime/manga bundled with popular convenience store fare? Can you say 'no-brainer'?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 24, 2010
Last chance for cheap smokes
Vendors target cigarette smokers with last-chance deals and perks before a hefty tax hike goes into effect.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 1, 2010
Japanese Twitter marketing campaigns make some noise
New followers line up for the next creative Twitter campaign. Where will the tweeting flocks fly next?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 13, 2010
Lawson 100 and the evolution of the convenience store
As a rule you don't go to a convenience store for value. The new exception to the rule is Lawson Store 100.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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