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Japanese casual wear retailer G.U. to move into S. Korea

Japanese casual clothing retailer G.U. Co.'s CEO, Osamu Yunoki, unveils a plan to open its first store in South Korea in September at a press conference in Seoul on July 19, 2018. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st roadside Uniqlo shop to open in Southeast Asia

Tomoyoshi Oguri, chief operating officer of Uniqlo Thailand Co., a subsidiary of Japan's leading casual wear chain operator Fast Retailing Co., says at a press conference in Bangkok on Jan. 23, 2018, that it will open Southeast Asia's first Uniqlo brand roadside shop in the capital in March. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rakuten ties up with Wal-Mart

Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (L) speaks, alongside Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Doug McMillon, at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, after announcing their business tie-up to launch an online grocery delivery service in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

AIBO in Last Vegas

Sony Corp. President and CEO Kazuo Hirai introduces a new version of the AIBO, the artificially intelligent robot regarded as one of the Japanese electronic giant's most iconic products from the early 2000s, at a news conference held on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2018. The new AIBO will go on sale in Japan on Jan. 11, marking Sony's return to the robotics business after discontinuing the AIBO in 2006. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Amazon Echo Show

Photo taken on Nov. 16, 2017, in New York shows Amazon's Echo Show device. Google is pulling its popular YouTube video service from Echo Show in retaliation for Amazon's refusal to sell some Google products that compete with Amazon gadgets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese discount chain in Singapore

Takao Yasuda, founder of Don Quijote Holdings Co. of Japan, stands by a sushi corner at a Don Quijote discount chain store in Singapore Nov. 29, 2017, during a press preview ahead of its official opening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara urges early relocation of fish market

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo on March 3, 2017. Ishihara urged incumbent governor Yuriko Koike to relocate the aging Tsukiji wholesale market to a nearby site without further delay, criticizing her reservations about the long-stalled project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara urges early relocation of fish market

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 3, 2017. Ishihara urged incumbent governor Yuriko Koike to relocate the aging Tsukiji wholesale market to a nearby site without further delay, criticizing her reservations about the long-stalled project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara urges early relocation of fish market

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo on March 3, 2017. Ishihara urged incumbent governor Yuriko Koike to relocate the aging Tsukiji wholesale market to a nearby site without further delay, criticizing her reservations about the long-stalled project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i CEO Suzuki announces resignation after years at helm

Toshifumi Suzuki, chief executive officer of Seven & i Holdings Co, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on April 7, 2016, ending years as the leader of the Japanese retail giant. The announcement came after the company board voted down a proposal put forward by Suzuki to oust Ryuichi Isaka, president of convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panasonic CEO Tsuga