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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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[Breaking News]Reserve rice released from government stockpiles

OSAKA, Japan, June 2 Kyodo - Bags of reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers hit the shelves at an Aeon supermarket in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 2, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Reserve rice released from government stockpiles

Bags of reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers hit the shelves at an Aeon supermarket in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 2, 2025.

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Reserve rice released from government stockpiles

Bags of reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers hit the shelves at an Aeon supermarket in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 2, 2025.

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Reserve rice released from government stockpiles

Bags of reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers hit the shelves at an Aeon supermarket in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 2, 2025.

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Reserve rice released from government stockpiles

Bags of reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers hit the shelves at an Aeon supermarket in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 2, 2025.

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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 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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Competition fierce in 'happoshu' sparkling beer market

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper looks at a can of "happoshu" low-malt sparkling beer with no purine or sugar content at a supermarket of the Aeon retail group in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014. Brewers have released a succession of new happoshu beverages in a bid to attract health-conscious consumers.

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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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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 supermarket in China

TIANJIN, China - Customers flock to the food corner of an Aeon supermarket that opened in Tianjin, China, on Jan. 3, 2013.

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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 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 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 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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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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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.

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Marubeni eyes Aeon as tie-up partner for Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office building of Aeon Co. in Chiba. Trading house Marubeni Corp. is considering choosing Aeon, the largest supermarket chain in Japan, as a business tie-up partner for Daiei Inc. to strengthen the competitiveness of the struggling supermarket chain, sources familiar with the matter said on Oct. 4.

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Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan.

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Aeon acquires Carrefour's Japan unit

TOKYO, Japan - Philippe Jarry (L), managing director for Asia of French retailer Carrefour SA, listens as Motoya Okada, president of Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. The two companies said they have agreed on Aeon's acquisition of Carrefour's Japan unit through the transfer of all its shares.

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Aeon offers computerized beef information to consumers

TOKYO, Japan - An official of retailer Aeon Co. explains Feb. 21 how a new computer system at his supermarket in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, works to provide consumers with information on beef sold at the outlet, including the results of mad cow disease tests. Aeon, formerly named Jusco Co., had so far only provided information such as the origin of beef, the breed of cow, and the results of ministry tests for mad cow disease on paper.

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Retailer Aeon to become sponsor for failed Mycal

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (L), president of Aeon Co., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22 that his company will sponsor failed supermarket chain Mycal Corp. to help rehabilitate it. Mycal President Kazuo Urano (R) was also present at the conference.

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Retailer Aeon to become sponsor for failed Mycal

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (L), president of Aeon Co., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22 that his company will sponsor failed supermarket chain Mycal Corp. to help rehabilitate it. Mycal President Kazuo Urano (R) was also present at the conference.

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Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Marubeni eyes Aeon as tie-up partner for Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office building of Aeon Co. in Chiba. Trading house Marubeni Corp. is considering choosing Aeon, the largest supermarket chain in Japan, as a business tie-up partner for Daiei Inc. to strengthen the competitiveness of the struggling supermarket chain, sources familiar with the matter said on Oct. 4. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Aeon acquires Carrefour's Japan unit

TOKYO, Japan - Philippe Jarry (L), managing director for Asia of French retailer Carrefour SA, listens as Motoya Okada, president of Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. The two companies said they have agreed on Aeon's acquisition of Carrefour's Japan unit through the transfer of all its shares. (Kyodo)

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General merchandise stores face tough business amid prolonged slump

Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2015, shows a soy sauce corner in Aeon Co.'s general merchandise supermarket in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. In a bid to turn around flagging business, the store has begun selling products from manufacturers in the neighborhood that are popular with local shoppers, such as various types of soy sauce from Mie-based Mieman Shoyu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)