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The new venue, Tominokoji Yamagishi, is part of the 90-year-old firm’s expansion plan in the local dining industry. Located in the prime Ocean Centre in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, it provides 15 seats for booking and serves fine Kyoto cuisine. “Kyoto…
Japanese baker Hattendo is planning to ramp up its store rollout in Asia, with particular focus on Greater China and Southeast Asia. The company – known for its cream-filled buns – already has stores in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. Its next stop is…
Yahoo Japan reportedly has plans to buy the owner of Zozotown, the country’s largest online fashion retailer, before expanding the business to take on e-commerce heavyweights Rakuten and Amazon. According to Nikkei, Yahoo Japan wants to buy a majority of the…
East Japan Railway Co. is expanding its operations into Singapore with new JR East metro station stores launching in island’s metro stations. The firm is planning to set up store clusters at 27 out of the 32 stations on the Thomson-East Coast Line, which will…
Fast-fashion chain Uniqlo is suffering from the South Korean consumer boycott of Japanese goods. “We can confirm that there has been an impact on the sales in Korea,” a spokeswoman for Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing told Reuters. She declined to release any…
Japanese automakers posted sharper sales falls in South Korea in August, industry data showed on Wednesday, hit by a consumer boycott of Japanese vehicles amid a worsening diplomatic row between the countries. Toyota Motor Corp and other Japanese carmakers…
Fashion and fragrances label Issey Miyake has opened a new store in Japan, its design influenced by water. The new Issey Miyake Osaka store is located in the Semba district that once prospered as an important waypoint for ships and boats. The outlet’s…
Everybody is preparing for the Japan 2020 Olympics, with almost all of the seats already considered for the taking by thousands of international spectators. However, these spectators and the athletes themselves may get something completely different than they…
Lifestyle fashion brand Ted Baker has signed an exclusive retail license deal for Japan with local apparel manufacturer and distributor Sojitz Infinity, initially for five years. Sojitz Infinity will drive the long-term expansion of the Ted Baker brand in the…
Japanese fashion label Yohji Yamamoto is opening in Hong Kong. Set to be the brand’s first flagship in Greater China, the store will be located at the new cultural-retail destination K11 Musea, set to be known for its immersive experiences of art, culture and…
SoftBank’s brokerage unit plans to do something that has never be done in Japan’s capital markets – allowing individuals to participate in initial public offerings by setting the amount they wish to pay, rather than by the number of shares. The investment…
Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo in Indonesia is set to launch new outlets in Batam, as well as Jakarta and Bekasi next month. The Batam store, opening in the Grand Batam mall in Penuin, Lubuk Baja, will be the first Uniqlo in Indonesia to be located in the…
Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has accepted a proposal from a government panel to end Saturday delivery for standard mail in the country due to a labor shortage at Japan Post Co. and a drop in demand because of increased use of the…
Retailer Cocokara Fine may be acquired by its larger rival Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings to create the largest Japanese drugstore chain. Should it proceed, the merger would create a discount-pharmacy chain taking an annual ¥1 trillion (US$9.4 billion) in…
Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Sushiro has opened its first Hong Kong outlet. The franchise is moving for a foothold in the local market and aiming to use the city’s international status to expand across the region. The flagship store, located…
Japanese convenience-store chain 7-Eleven has suffered its first year-on-year downturn in more than nine years. The decline in monthly sales throughout the chain has been attributed to heavy rains and the hack of its doomed 7Pay e-payment platform last month,…
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