Tokyo Station's new expansive shopping area opens after coronavirus delay
Gransta Tokyo features around 150 stores in the station's basement and ground floors, including some selling sake and fresh fish delivered by bullet train.
World economy’s sputtering recovery threatened by flaring coronavirus
The Asia-Pacific region has been hit hard by a resurgence in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
Japanese robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation
FamilyMart hopes to have robots working in 20 stores around Tokyo by 2022.
Japan's fussy food shoppers finally go online amid pandemic
Although the nation's e-commerce development lags behind that of its peers, COVID-19 has prompted a rise in buyers ordering from home.
All Japanese stores to charge shoppers for plastic bags from Wednesday
The measure is designed to protect the environment, but plastic shopping bags account for only around 2 percent of all plastic waste produced in the country.
Department store sales in Japan fell 66% in May, as pace of decline eases
Department store sales dropped 65.6 percent in May from a year earlier as the novel coronavirus pandemic continued to take a toll, but the pace of decline eased following the previous month's record plunge, an industry body said Tuesday. The latest data from the Japan ...
Japanese shoppers queue and crash website for Uniqlo's washable masks
Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brand's popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer. Scenes of people standing in the rain waiting ...
Casual clothing chain Uniqlo Co. unveiled to the press on Thursday its new flagship store in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district, ahead of the store’s grand opening the following day. Uniqlo Tokyo, a four-story outlet conceptualized by famous designer Kashiwa Sato and refitted in an ...
Aeon to draw up anti-infection rules for all areas of business
The move comes as more expect the fight against the virus to continue for some time.
Japan to ban resale of sanitizers above purchase price amid coronavirus crisis
From Tuesday, the revised ordinance will prevent bulk buying of such goods for resale and increase their availability for medical institutions.
Hard sell: Japan’s retail sector may need to reinvent itself in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
A sea change in shopping habits amid the new coronavirus outbreak could impact marketing and distribution across the country for years to come.
Britons getting through lockdown with sewing, tequila and kimchi
British consumers have spent their six weeks of coronavirus lockdown sewing, drinking cocktails, carrying out home beauty treatments and eating large quantities of kimchi. That’s according to a report from John Lewis Partnership PLC on the nation’s shopping behavior since March 23, when Prime Minister ...
