Convenience store selling government reserve rice

Convenience store selling government reserve rice

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) talks with FamilyMart Co. President Kensuke Hosomi during a visit to a store in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 5, 2025, as the convenience store chain begins selling reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers in Tokyo and Osaka. (Pool photo)

Convenience store selling government reserve rice

Convenience store selling government reserve rice

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) talks with FamilyMart Co. President Kensuke Hosomi during a visit to a store in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 5, 2025, as the convenience store chain begins selling reserve rice released from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers in Tokyo and Osaka. (Pool photo)

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo=May 14,2025,Japan

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo=May 14,2025,Japan

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo

FamilyMart signage and logo=May 14,2025,Japan

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

Panda-themed FamilyMart Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2024 - A panda-themed FamilyMart store is seen in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2024.

[Breaking News] FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 13 Kyodo - Video taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo)

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions.

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions.

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions.

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions.

FamilyMart opens 1st franchise chain outlet in China

FamilyMart opens 1st franchise chain outlet in China

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. opened its first franchise chain outlet in Shanghai on Dec. 27 after China lifted a ban on foreign FC outlets earlier this month.

FamilyMart president on Chinese food firm

FamilyMart president on Chinese food firm

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Nakayama (R), president of convenience store chain FamilyMart Co., meets reporters in Tokyo on July 23, 2014, a day after the revelation that a Chinese company had sold outdated chicken to some Japanese retailers including FamilyMart. (Photo from video)

FamilyMart president on Chinese food firm

FamilyMart president on Chinese food firm

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Nakayama, president of convenience store chain FamilyMart Co., answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on July 23, 2014, a day after the revelation that a Chinese company had sold outdated chicken to some Japanese retailers including FamilyMart. (Photo from video)

FamilyMart releases image of new outlet with eat-in space

FamilyMart releases image of new outlet with eat-in space

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co. releases an image of a new outlet with eat-in space for set meals as well as kitchen space to produce daily dishes for sale at a press conference in Tokyo on May 22, 2014.

Convenience store combined with karaoke box

Convenience store combined with karaoke box

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows "FamilyMart plus Karaoke DAM" store near JR Kamata Station in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 17, 2014, its opening day. It is the first hybrid store combining a convenience store and karaoke booths opened by FamilyMart Co. and karaoke business operator Daiichikosho Co.

Monsters dumplings

Monsters dumplings

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds dumplings featuring characters from the Pixer animation film "Monsters University" at a FamilyMart Co. store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area as the convenience store chain began selling the products on Aug. 13, 2013.

FamilyMart selling Dragon Quest steamed pork buns

FamilyMart selling Dragon Quest steamed pork buns

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a ''nikuman'' steamed pork bun made to resemble the character ''Slime'' from the Dragon Quest role-playing game series. FamilyMart Co., the operator of the Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart, announced Sept. 5, 2011, that it plans to sell ''Slime Nikuman'' from late November, at 170 yen each, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the wildly popular series.

FamilyMart's 1st Vietnam store officially opens in Ho Chi Minh

FamilyMart's 1st Vietnam store officially opens in Ho Chi Minh

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - A ceremony to mark the official opening of FamilyMart Co.'s first store in Vietnam is held in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 26, 2010. The store, which opened in December, started full-scale operations the same day with FamilyMart President Junji Ueda in attendance at the ceremony.

FamilyMart to acquire smaller convenience store rival am/pm

FamilyMart to acquire smaller convenience store rival am/pm

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Ueda, president of convenience store chain operator FamilyMart Co., speaks about the company's plan to acquire smaller rival am/pm Japan Co. at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

Supermarkets checking out department stores' IC tag success

Supermarkets checking out department stores' IC tag success

TOKYO, Japan - A female customer (right) puts down a shopping basket containing IC tag-goods to be bought at a cash register at a FamilyMart Co. store in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 8.

FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Tec Corp. said Dec. 20 that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan. 30 and Feb. 24 in a project supported by the government. The trials, which will involve the use of smart tags (shown with arrows) and Suica electronic cash cards, will seek to double the speed at which shopping transactions are currently processed at regular stores.

FamilyMart to open 1st U.S. outlet July 20

FamilyMart to open 1st U.S. outlet July 20

TOKYO, Japan - This is an artist's image of the first store of major convenience store chain operator FamilyMart Co. to be opened in the United States on July 20. FamilyMart said on June 21 it will name the store in West Hollywood, California, ''Famima,'' the popular name with which the chain is widely known in Japan.

FamilyMart-led group to start convenience store on the Web

FamilyMart-led group to start convenience store on the Web

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of FamilyMart Co. and six other companies pose for pictures at a news conference May 18 after announcing an agreement to set up a joint firm, famima.com, to run an Internet site selling a broad range of merchandise. Shiro Inoue (4th from L) will head the new company to be launched Oct. 1.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

On August 22, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that three convenience store companies, Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart, and Lawson, will begin a demonstration experiment for joint delivery. For one week from August 1, the delivery trucks will be sent from each company's distribution bases to XFRONTIER, a joint delivery center of Sagawa Express (Koto Ward, Tokyo). They will then deliver beverages, confectionery, daily goods and other items to a total of 40 stores in the bay area of Tokyo. Seiichi Aoyama, General Manager of the QC and Logistics Management Division of Seven-Eleven Japan; Toru Oka, General Manager of the SCM and Quality Management Division of FamilyMart; and Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager of the Product Division of Lawson. (From left: Toru Oka, General Manager, SCM and Quality Control Division, FamilyMart; Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager, Merchandise Division, Lawson.

Preventive measures against new coronavirus infection at FamilyMart

Preventive measures against new coronavirus infection at FamilyMart

At FamilyMart, social distance is secured and masks are worn. Countermeasures against With Corona and After Corona are underway. FamilyMart Nanzando Takeshiba Ekimae Store in Minato Ward, Tokyo on June 11, 2020, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Preventive measures against new coronavirus infection at FamilyMart

Preventive measures against new coronavirus infection at FamilyMart

At FamilyMart, social distance is secured and masks are worn. Countermeasures against With Corona and After Corona are underway. FamilyMart Nanzando Takeshiba Ekimae Store in Minato Ward, Tokyo on June 11, 2020, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

FamilyMart launches smartphone payment service "Famipay" on July 1, 2019 = July 1, 2019, Kita-Urawa Station West Exit Store, Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

FamilyMart launches smartphone payment service "Famipay" on July 1, 2019 = July 1, 2019, Kita-Urawa Station West Exit Store, Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

Famipay" launched at FamilyMart.

FamilyMart launches smartphone payment service "Famipay" on July 1, 2019 = July 1, 2019, Kita-Urawa Station West Exit Store, Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, walletless, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, walletless, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay launch event, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

Screenshot of Famipay, FamilyMart's mobile payment application.

FamilyMart, Famima, FamilyMart, app, mobile app, cashless, wallet-less, cashless payment, cashless payment app, Famipay = June 27, 2019, Famipay presentation, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

FamilyMart Co. allows customers to pay with Suica

FamilyMart Co. allows customers to pay with Suica

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are able to pay for goods with Suica electronic train fare cards at convenience stores run by FamilyMart Co. in selected areas such as Saitama city. The photo was taken on Sept. 28, 2004. (Kyodo)

FamilyMart opens 1st franchise chain outlet in China

FamilyMart opens 1st franchise chain outlet in China

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. opened its first franchise chain outlet in Shanghai on Dec. 27 after China lifted a ban on foreign FC outlets earlier this month. (Kyodo)

FamilyMart to open 1st U.S. outlet July 20

FamilyMart to open 1st U.S. outlet July 20

TOKYO, Japan - This is an artist's image of the first store of major convenience store chain operator FamilyMart Co. to be opened in the United States on July 20. FamilyMart said on June 21 it will name the store in West Hollywood, California, ''Famima,'' the popular name with which the chain is widely known in Japan. (Kyodo)

Supermarkets checking out department stores' IC tag success

Supermarkets checking out department stores' IC tag success

TOKYO, Japan - A female customer (right) puts down a shopping basket containing IC tag-goods to be bought at a cash register at a FamilyMart Co. store in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

FamilyMart-led group to start convenience store on the Web

FamilyMart-led group to start convenience store on the Web

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of FamilyMart Co. and six other companies pose for pictures at a news conference May 18 after announcing an agreement to set up a joint firm, famima.com, to run an Internet site selling a broad range of merchandise. Shiro Inoue (4th from L) will head the new company to be launched Oct. 1.

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, held to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo