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CONVENIENCE STORES

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jul 26, 2015
Three amigos on a mission to protect your rights
The only people who tend to know what I’m talking about when I say the words “labor relations commission” are unionists, labor or corporate lawyers and labor-law scholars. These panels are government enforcement bodies that lack the glamour and fame of the courts, the cops and even the Labor Standards...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 7, 2015
Japan’s convenience stores catering more to elderly as demographics shift
The nation’s convenience stores are changing with the times, shedding their image as places for young shoppers keen on fast food, concert tickets and comic books, and increasingly catering to older clientele.
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Apr 24, 2015
FamilyMart’s nuggets may be a gamechanger in the convenience store fried-chicken war
Nuggets have long been an afterthought in the greasy trenches of Japan’s convenience-store fried-chicken battles. “Nugget” options in the past have resembled sad, microwave-ready snacks pulled from the freezer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Apr 10, 2015
Kirin courts lightweight drinkers with 1 percent alcohol
Always looking to court a new demographic of drinkers, Kirin seems to have listened to market research indicating that not everyone likes going overboard with booze.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Mar 24, 2015
Coca-Cola adds life to latest release
Coca-Cola Co’s latest carbonated creation, Coca-Cola Life, launched in Japan earlier this month with the promise of fewer calories and less sugar via the use of stevia leaf extract, a sweetener that’s apparently better for the body.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2015
FamilyMart likely to absorb Uny in forming second-biggest convenience store chain
FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. have confirmed they are in merger talks and will decide the basic terms by August to form Japan’s second-largest convenience store chain in terms of sales.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Mar 10, 2015
Yamayoshi beefs up its range of chips
Potato chips might not ever be able to fully take the place of a night grilling up juicy meat, but the Yamayoshi snack companies’ limited-edition “salty green onion and beef tongue” flavor comes close.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 3, 2015
Oktoberfest comes early with Munchner Dunkel at Seven-Eleven
Those living in Japan know that when it comes to Oktoberfest, dates aren’t much of a consideration. Past Oktoberfests have run anywhere between April and October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2014
Lawson stores add tens of millions of Amazon products
Lawson Inc. customers will be able to order items from Amazon Japan for later collection, under an enhanced tie-up announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2014
‘Konbini’ coffee wins praise and profit for convenience stores
“Conbini” (convenience store) operators are jostling for eminence in a famously cut-throat industry, and one product has come up trumps for the market’s top players — coffee.
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2014
Winds of change in retail industry
The retail industry is entering into a period of major transformation. In addition to traditional entities such as department stores, supermarkets and convenience stores, new retail business forms are emerging, including mega shopping mall developments led by real estate companies and JR train terminals...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 10, 2014
Convenience stores give our nation pride
Japan’s prime minister is an unabashed patriot, as outspoken in his love for his country as in his desire to instill that love in his compatriots. Are his compatriots receptive? Opinion polls on attitudes toward pending revisions of long-standing interpretations of the pacifist Constitution, prologue...
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2014
Lawson COO Tamatsuka to become chain’s next president
Major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. announced Monday that it will appoint Chief Operating Officer Genichi Tamatsuka president on May 1 and that CEO Takeshi Niinami will assume the post of chairman.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 27, 2013
McDonald’s smells the coffee: Limited expectations are here to stay
Some think that McDonald’s is finished in Japan
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2013
Japanese convenience store chain going healthy
Lawson Inc., Japan’s second-largest convenience store chain, said Tuesday it will strengthen its health-related business as part of a midterm strategy to tap into the growing number of health-conscious customers in the aging society.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 2, 2013
The latest funky food flavors, coming soon to a konbini near you
The weather is heating up, and food companies are answering with treats for the summer palette. Check out the latest in convenience-store goodness.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2013
Everyday goods: the Japanese art of convenience
“Mingei” translates as “folk art” and is connected to objects that are made or used by ordinary people on an everyday basis. Usually this evokes hand-crafted objects, such as ceramics, baskets, items of woodwork, etc. As such, the term is evocative of the era before mass global trade. In modern Japan,...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 30, 2012
Package funeral services take the (financial) sting out of dying
Cut-rate funeral services have made dying that much easier.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 15, 2012
Natural Lawson takes it to the next level
Targeting health-conscious female shoppers Natural Lawson teams up with kurrku and pump up the healthy, hip organic goodness.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 22, 2011
A win-win for Nadeshiko and Japan’s merchants
Did retailers predict that the Japan women’s team would win the World Cup? Probably not, but they’re perfectly happy to capitalize on Nadeshiko fever now.
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A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
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