Old stores, new arrivals slug it out in Ginza shopping area

Old stores, new arrivals slug it out in Ginza shopping area

TOKYO, Japan - The 21-story Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex, under construction in front of JR Yurakucho Station, will open Oct. 12. Marui Co.'s Ginza outlet will be located on the first to eighth floors.

JETRO holds ceremony to open office in Chengdu, China

JETRO holds ceremony to open office in Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, China - Hiroyuki Ishige (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization, claps together with others during a ceremony held in Chengdu on Nov. 28, 2014, to open its new office in the city in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan. The office is JETRO's eighth outlet in China.

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

OSAKA, Japan - Daimaru Inc., Japan's fourth-largest department store operator in sales terms, and the holding firm of Matsuzakaya Co., the eighth-largest, are in talks to integrate their operations and become Japan's biggest department store group, informed sources said Feb. 17. Two photos show Daimaru Shinsaibashi outlet in Osaka (L) and Matsuzakaya head store in Nagoya.

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

OSAKA, Japan - Daimaru Inc., Japan's fourth-largest department store operator in sales terms, and the holding firm of Matsuzakaya Co., the eighth-largest, are in talks to integrate their operations and become Japan's biggest department store group, informed sources said Feb. 17. Two photos show Daimaru Shinsaibashi outlet in Osaka (L) and Matsuzakaya head store in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. shows the inside of a new outlet in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, to the press on April 20, 2015, ahead of its opening on April 22. The outlet was opened in the former residence of the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army's eighth division, a national tangible cultural property built in 1917, and it is the second Starbucks outlet opened in a cultural property in Japan after a branch in Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks outlet in Japanese tangible cultural property

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd.'s new outlet created in the former residence of the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army's eighth division, a national tangible cultural property built in 1917, is seen in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on April 20, 2015, ahead of its opening on April 22. It is the second Starbucks outlet opened in a cultural property in Japan after a branch in Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

JETRO holds ceremony to open office in Chengdu, China

JETRO holds ceremony to open office in Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, China - Hiroyuki Ishige (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization, claps together with others during a ceremony held in Chengdu on Nov. 28, 2014, to open its new office in the city in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan. The office is JETRO's eighth outlet in China. (Kyodo)