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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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Gov't asks farmers to advance vegetable shipments to stem price hikes

NARASHINO, Japan - A customer looks at vegetables in a JUSCO supermarket in Tsudanuma in the city of Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on April 16, 2010. Major supermarket chains are cutting vegetable prices as an emergency measure to lure consumers amid soaring prices in the face of record rainfall, unusually low temperatures and few hours of sunlight.

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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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Supermarkets start charging customers for bags

KYOTO, Japan - A customer puts her purchased items in a plastic checkout bag she paid for at supermarket Jusco Higashiyama Nijo in Kyoto.

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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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Robot clerk offers shoppers guidance services in Oita

OITA, Japan - Aeon Kyushu Co., a member of the Aeon Co. group, began test-using an ''enon'' multi-task robot capable of offering shoppers greetings and guidance at Jusco Park Place Oita store in Oita Prefecture, on June 10.

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Supermarkets, corporations wage campaigns to promote vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - An expert in nutrition (R) explains many culinary uses of vegetables to a customer on Dec. 1 at Jusco Yachiyo-Midorigaoka Store in the city of Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture.

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Aeon to recall Burberry mufflers due to possible fakes

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. Executive Director Hiroshi Matsui (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6 on the company's decision to recall about 7,000 Burberry lamb's wool mufflers for women sold between 1998 and 1999 at its outlets nationwide. Aeon, the operator of Jusco supermarkets, said it has found some of them may have been fake products.

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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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Jusco, Liz Claiborne to tie up

Paul Charron (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Liz Claiborne, a U.S. designer of fashion apparel and operator of specialty stores, and Takuya Okada (R), chairman of Jusco Co., a Japanese supermarket chain, shake hands after announcing a business tie-up agreement at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday July 16.

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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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Robot clerk offers shoppers guidance services in Oita

OITA, Japan - Aeon Kyushu Co., a member of the Aeon Co. group, began test-using an ''enon'' multi-task robot capable of offering shoppers greetings and guidance at Jusco Park Place Oita store in Oita Prefecture, on June 10. (Kyodo)

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Supermarkets, corporations wage campaigns to promote vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - An expert in nutrition (R) explains many culinary uses of vegetables to a customer on Dec. 1 at Jusco Yachiyo-Midorigaoka Store in the city of Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. (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)

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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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Gov't asks farmers to advance vegetable shipments to stem price h

NARASHINO, Japan - A customer looks at vegetables in a JUSCO supermarket in Tsudanuma in the city of Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on April 16, 2010. Major supermarket chains are cutting vegetable prices as an emergency measure to lure consumers amid soaring prices in the face of record rainfall, unusually low temperatures and few hours of sunlight. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Aeon to recall Burberry mufflers due to possible fakes

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. Executive Director Hiroshi Matsui (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6 on the company's decision to recall about 7,000 Burberry lamb's wool mufflers for women sold between 1998 and 1999 at its outlets nationwide. Aeon, the operator of Jusco supermarkets, said it has found some of them may have been fake products. (Kyodo)

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Jusco, Liz Claiborne to tie up

Paul Charron (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Liz Claiborne, a U.S. designer of fashion apparel and operator of specialty stores, and Takuya Okada (R), chairman of Jusco Co., a Japanese supermarket chain, shake hands after announcing a business tie-up agreement at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday July 16.