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STORES

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
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 8, 2011
Seniors reconnecting to retail
Creative retailers and caregivers are finding ways to empower the growing legions of elderly shoppers.
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
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 6, 2010
Tower of Power: Record stores aren't dead yet
Another record chain bites the dust, but as Tower Records is proving, that doesn't mean there isn't money to be made in the music retail biz.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 18, 2010
Matsuzakaya finds a reason to have a sale
Do department stores need a reason to sell discounted goods across the board? They do now, and it's called wakeari.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
May 5, 2010
Big (only) in Japan? Tape as proof of purchase
While Japan loves packaging, it makes an exception with proof-of-purchase tape.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 31, 2010
Notes on the end of the department store (as we know it)
Seibu department store has called it quits in Yurakucho. Should we be surprised?
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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