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, ...

In the rice ball section of most Japanese convenience stores at the moment, you can find a cup product called ”Mitsuboshi Cup Shokudo” (“Mitsuboshi Cup Cafeteria”). The range covers popular dishes ...

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.