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Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2025, in Changsha in Hunan Province, China, shows a shopping mall that was opened by Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. the same day.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in China's Changsha

Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2025, in Changsha in Hunan Province, China, shows a supermarket at a shopping mall that was opened by Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. the same day.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Drone delivery test in central Japan

A drone carries a box containing water bottles and polyethylene tarpaulins during a test flight over Lake Suwa in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2023. Supermarket operator Aeon Retail Co. aims to open a new store in the central Japan city as early as 2025 and utilize drones for delivery and disaster relief.

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Aeon's 3rd mall in Cambodia

Hun Manet, Cambodian army commander and elder son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, makes a speech during a ceremony held in Phnom Penh on April 7, 2023, to mark the opening of the third mall in Cambodia of Japan's Aeon Mall Co.

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Aeon's 3rd mall in Cambodia

Yasutsugu Iwamura, president of Japan's Aeon Mall Co., makes a speech during a ceremony held in Phnom Penh on April 7, 2023, to mark the opening of its third mall in Cambodia.

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Aeon mall in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Children play at an amusement facility housed in a mall operated by Japan's retail chain Aeon Co. in Jakarta on Oct. 18, 2017. AEON MALL Jakarta Garden City, the Japanese retailer's second mall in Indonesia, opened on Sept. 30.

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Aeon launches large shopping mall in Wuhan

WUHAN, China - Photo shows a shopping mall that Aeon Co. launched in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Dec. 19, 2014. It is the 14th shopping mall set up by the Japanese retail giant in China, and Aeon plans to open four more malls in Wuhan in around two years.

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Aeon to fully own Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an outlet of supermarket chain Daiei Inc., which opened in July 2014, in Nagoya, central Japan. On Sept. 24, Japan's biggest retailer Aeon Co. said it will buy the remaining shares in Daiei to make the struggling supermarket chain a wholly owned subsidiary as part of efforts to turn around the company.

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Aeon to fully own Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Japan's biggest retailer Aeon Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2014, it will buy the remaining shares in Daiei Inc. to make the struggling supermarket chain a wholly owned subsidiary as part of efforts to turn around the company.

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AEON to sell Christmas cake tailored to adults

TOKYO, Japan - AEON Co.'s upcoming set of Christmas cakes, including one with the flavor of green powdered tea and no-bake cheesecake, is shown in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. The retail chain will start accepting orders on Oct. 1.

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Aeon welcomes new employees in China

BEIJING, China - New employees of Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. attend an entrance ceremony in Beijing, China, on July 8, 2014.

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Aeon, Marubeni agree to integrate 3 food supermarket chains

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Aeon retail group, Marubeni Corp. and two food supermarket chains pose in Tokyo on May 19, 2014, after announcing their agreement to integrate three supermarket chains. From R: Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada, Marubeni Senior Executive Vice President Mitsuru Akiyoshi, Maruetsu Inc. President Makoto Ueda and Kasumi Co. Chairman Hiromasa Kohama.

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Japanese retailer Aeon opens 13th shopping mall in China

SUZHOU, China - A crowd waits in front of a shopping complex ahead of its opening on the outskirts of Suzhou in China's east coast province of Jiangsu on April 25, 2014. Built by Aeon Co., it is the Japanese retail giant's 13th shopping mall in China.

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Japanese retailer Aeon opens 13th shopping mall in China

SUZHOU, China - Shoppers stroll along the aisle in a shopping complex newly opened by Japan's retail giant Aeon Co. on the outskirts of Suzhou in China's east coast province of Jiangsu on April 25, 2014. It is Aeon's 13th shopping mall in China.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Motoya Okada (R), president of Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., holds a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 11, 2014, to mark the opening there that day of an Aeon shopping mall, its first in Vietnam.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Shoppers crowd a shopping mall of Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 11, 2014, its opening day. The outlet is Aeon's first in Vietnam.

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Aeon opens shopping mall in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Shoppers throng a sushi selling space at a shopping mall of Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 11, 2014, its opening day. The outlet is Aeon's first in Vietnam.

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Aeon to make Daiei a unit

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada answers a reporter's question at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2013. Japan's top retailer Aeon will increase its stake in Daiei Inc. through a takeover bid to make the smaller supermarket retailer a subsidiary, the two companies said the same day.

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Aeon breaks ground for Cambodian mall

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Motoya Okada, chief executive officer of Aeon Co., speaks during a ceremony in Phnom Penh on Dec. 10, 2012, which was held as the Japanese shopping mall operator broke ground in the capital of Cambodia on the first overseas-invested mall in the country.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Aeon Co. fully reopens a supermarket in Qingdao, China, on Nov. 24, 2012, after the store sustained damage in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Aeon Co. fully reopens a supermarket in Qingdao, China, on Nov. 24, 2012, after the store sustained damage in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Sales clerk (L side) greet shoppers at a supermarket run by Aeon Co. in Qingdao, China, on Nov. 24, 2012, as the Japanese retailer fully reopened the store damaged in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Shoppers enter a supermarket run by Aeon Co. in Qingdao, China, on Nov. 24, 2012, as the Japanese retailer fully reopened the store damaged`in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - File photo taken in September 2012 shows a supermarket run by Aeon Co. in the Chinese city of Qingdao after it sustained damage in anti-Japanese protests. The Japanese retailer fully reopened the store on Nov. 24, 2012.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Shoppers enter a supermarket run by Aeon Co. in Qingdao, China, on Nov. 24, 2012, as the Japanese retailer fully reopened the store damaged`in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon fully reopens protest-damaged supermarket in China

QINGDAO, China - Sales clerk at a supermarket run by Aeon Co. in Qingdao, China, raise fists at a meeting before the opening of the store on Nov. 24, 2012. The Japanese retailer fully reopened the store the same day after it sustained damage in anti-Japanese protests in mid-September.

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Aeon supermarkets open at 7 a.m. for power-saving

TOKYO, Japan - People shop at an outlet of Aeon Co. in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward just after 7 a.m. on June 1, 2012. Japan's largest retailer the same day started to open most of its supermarket outlets across the country at 7 a.m., two hours earlier than usual, in response to calls by consumers who want to shop in the cooler hours of the morning amid nationwide efforts to save power during the summer.

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Aeon opens shopping center targeting seniors

FUNABASHI, Japan - A couple (C) examine glasses at a store in a shopping center opened in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 25, 2012. Major Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. opened the shopping center, with a wide array of products and services aimed at senior customers, in a move reflective of an increasingly graying society with fewer children.

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Saving power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign at the entrance of a branch of major supermarket chain Aeon Co. shows a change in business hours during the summer, July 1 to Sept. 22, during which time the store will open at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m., in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on July 1, 2011. Many companies and shops in Japan have adopted summer hours as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Saving power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People shop under dimmed lights in a branch of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on July 1, 2011, with the sign saying the store will open at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. during the summer. Many Japanese businesses and households are saving energy as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Aeon's winter underwear

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the vocal dance group SPEED wear Aeon Co.'s ''Topvalu Heatfact'' winter underwear series in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

TOKYO, Japan - This undated combination photo shows signs of three supermarket chains in Japan operated by the Aeon group. Aeon Retail Co., operator of Jusco brand stores, reportedly plans to absorb Mycal Corp., the operator of Saty brand stores, and Aeon Marche Co., which took over the Japanese retail outlets of French supermarket operator Carrefour SA, by February 2011.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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Aeon to sell plastic bottled Beaujolais wine at 980 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2009, in Tokyo shows Beaujolais Nouveau wines which Supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. will release nationwide on Nov. 19 in 750 milliliter plastic bottles for as little as 980 yen each at Jusco and other outlets to attract thrifty consumers.

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Aeon, Suntory to launch 100-yen beer-like drink in July

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Hisaki, an executive of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., shows off cans of private brand beer-like drinks, which were co-developed with Suntory Liquors Ltd., during a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Aeon, the operator of Jusco and MaxValu supermarket stores, will sell the drink for 100 yen, about 20 percent lower than similar drinks produced by major brewers.

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Mitsubishi, Aeon form business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yorihiko Kojima (R), president of Mitsubishi Corp., and Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., shake hands after a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. Mitsubishi and Aeon formed a business tie-up to combat rising global competition in consumer markets and deteriorating economic conditions amid the worldwide financial turmoil.

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Aeon opens one of Japan's biggest shopping malls

KOSHIGAYA, Japan - People walk in front of Aeon LakeTown in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 2. The mall, one of Japan's largest shopping centers, was opened by supermarket operator Aeon Co. the same day.

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Aeon to set up electric car battery chargers at shopping malls

TOKYO, Japan - The supermarket operator Aeon Co. plans to set up battery chargers for the vehicles at its shopping malls. The photo shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s electric car MiEV (R), which will be launched in September next year, and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s electric car R1e (L), which will also be released next year.

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Aeon to take drugstore chain CFS under its wings

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada (R) and CFS Corp. Chairman and President Kenji Ishida pose for photographers at a news conference in Tokyo on March 17 after the two companies announced that Aeon will raise its equity stake in CFS, a drugstore chain, to a maximum of 33.3 percent from the current 15 percent, effectively taking CFS under its wings.

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Aeon, Sanyo to develop home appliances for sale under Aeon brand

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichiro Sano (L), president of Sanyo Electric Co., and Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 28 after a press conference. They announced the two companies will jointly develop home electronics products to be sold under Aeon's private brand Topvalu.

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JAL, Aeon to form alliance, collaborate on card business

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), president of Japan Airlines Corp., and Motoya Okada, president of retail giant Aeon Co., pose for photographs after announcing a tie-up deal in Tokyo on Oct. 9 that envisions cooperation in wide-ranging business activities.

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Aeon, Maruetsu, Marubeni to tie up in product buying, distribution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata, Maruetsu Inc. President Keizo Takahashi and Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada pose for a photo after announcing a tripartite business tie-up at a press conference in Tokyo on July 10.

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Aeon sees record group operating profit, revenues in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (L), president of Aeon Co., at a news conference in Tokyo on April 4 where he announced that the company's group operating profit and revenues in the business year to February 2007 reached all-time highs for the seventh straight year.

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Aeon board member Kawato to be Daiei chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Mall Co. President Yoshiharu Kawato (R), who has been named as chairman of Daiei Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 20 together with Daiei President Toru Nishimi (C) and Fumiko Hayashi (L), the current Daiei chairman who will stand down as Daiei vice chairman.

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Over 8 mil. pieces of info on 43 client firms stolen: Dai Nippon

TOKYO, Japan - Dai Nippon Printing Co. President Yoshitoshi Kitajima speaks at a news conference on March 12 after the major printing company found that around 8.64 million pieces of customer information related to 43 client companies, including Toyota Motor Corp. and Aeon Co., were stolen by a former employee of a subcontractor.

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Daiei, Aeon, Marubeni join hands

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Motoya Okada, president of Japan's major supermarket chain Aeon Co., Nobuo Katsumata, president of trading house Marubeni Corp., and Toru Nishimi, president of struggling retailer Daiei Inc., join hands as the three companies signal they will join forces to create Japan's top retail group.

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Aeon group opens 150,000-sq-meter shopping mall in western Tokyo

MUSASHIMURAYAMA, Japan - The Aeon Co. group opened a new large-scale shopping mall, one of the largest in Tokyo with a total floor space of about 150,000 square meters, at the site of a former Nissan Motor Co. automobile plant located between the cities of Musashimurayama and Tachikawa in western Tokyo on Nov. 18. In addition to an outlet of the group's Jusco supermarket chain and a Mitsukoshi department store, the mall contains some 180 specialty stores and restaurants.

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Aeon's midterm group sales hit record high

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of major supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. He said that both group sales and operating profit hit record highs in the Feb. 21-Aug. 20 period of the 2006 business year.