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The Japanese convenience store world is dominated by the “big three”: 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson. Other chains do exist, but they have to do something really special to grab people’s attention, ...
Akiyoshi Honda, the 76-year-old president of the company, which marked its 70th anniversary this year, said, "Ice for cups of coffee at convenience stores is selling well.
I travel to Japan at least once a year and am always surprised by just how incredible convenience stores — or konbini, as they're ubiquitously called in Japanese — are in the country.
A Japanese convenience store is now open in downtown Cincinnati, bringing in authentic Japanese staples and grab-and-go meals.Daruma, a Japanese konbini – or convenience store — was created by ...
TAISHI, Hyogo -- As the intense summer heat continues, the production of ice at a plant in this western Japan town is at its peak. ... "Ice for cups of coffee at convenience stores is selling well.